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• Speaker heads online to launch campaign
• Smaller parties fight to be heard as campaign season get under way
• Candidate calls for fair fight in capital
• Ex-government official drops complaint against NLD leader
• USDP nominees snub commission’s campaign rules meeting
• Peace talks end without signing date
• Ten reported dead in latest clashes
• Facebook rules get local to tackle abuse
• Yellow ribbons seek an end to militarised judiciary
• Abandoned children find new homes

Speaker heads online to launch campaign Posted: 10 Sep 2015 07:30 AM PDT Less than a month after being ousted as party chair in a dramatic coup last month, Thura U Shwe Mann launched his election campaign quietly yesterday, posting a note to his constituents on Facebook.

Smaller parties fight to be heard as campaign season get under way Posted: 09 Sep 2015 08:23 PM PDT The massive gulf in resources between the big two – the National League for Democracy and Union Solidarity and Development Party – and the rest of the election pack has been on full display since campaigning began in Mandalay on September 8.

Candidate calls for fair fight in capital Posted: 09 Sep 2015 08:22 PM PDT A National Unity Party candidate has urged commission officials to ensure a level election playing field in Nay Pyi Taw, alleging that some candidates in previous votes faced tougher scrutiny than others.

Ex-government official drops complaint against NLD leader Posted: 09 Sep 2015 08:20 PM PDT An independent candidate for Nay Pyi Taw has withdrawn a complaint against Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. U Kyaw Win, who accused the National League for Democracy leader of pre-empting campaign season, is at the centre of his own vote-buying controversy.

USDP nominees snub commission’s campaign rules meeting Posted: 09 Sep 2015 08:18 PM PDT Seven government and military-linked election candidates registered in Nay Pyi Taw failed to turn up to an election commission meeting held to explain campaign rules.

Peace talks end without signing date Posted: 09 Sep 2015 08:14 PM PDT President U Thein Sein and ethnic negotiators were yesterday unable to set a date for signing the nationwide ceasefire accord.

Ten reported dead in latest clashes Posted: 09 Sep 2015 08:13 PM PDT Renewed fighting in Shan State is reported to have claimed at least 10 lives even as the government and leaders of armed ethnic groups met in Nay Pyi Taw in their latest attempt to hammer out a nationwide ceasefire accord.

Facebook rules get local to tackle abuse Posted: 09 Sep 2015 08:06 PM PDT Facebook itself popped into Myanmar users' newsfeeds yesterday with localised illustrations and reminders on how to act online, as part of a push to promote translated community standards that ban behaviours such as bullying and hate speech.

Yellow ribbons seek an end to militarised judiciary Posted: 09 Sep 2015 07:48 PM PDT Inspired by a similar movement in the health sector, Myanmar's judiciary is campaigning against the militarisation of the legal system.

Abandoned children find new homes Posted: 09 Sep 2015 07:44 PM PDT The Yangon-based Alinthit Ootiyar (Leading New Light) group has urged anyone who finds an abandoned child to inform the organisation, which will help place the youngster in a foster home or monastic school.

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