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• Election commission plans electoral roll pilot ahead of voter list overhaul
• Election boss backs away from campaign restrictions
• Bus owners could face charges after crashes
• K5 million handed out in Buddhist literature competition
• INGOs return to Sittwe, with new strings attached
• Regional leaders steer clear of Rakhine violence
• ASEAN unites to condemn rising South China Sea tensions
• President presses for regional response to climate change
• Govt axes civil society meet after dispute over reps
• Muzzling of assembly rights in Rakhine is ‘disturbing’, says UN

Election commission plans electoral roll pilot ahead of voter list overhaul Posted: 18 May 2014 04:21 PM PDT The Union Election Commission plans to conduct a pilot project to improve lists of voters ahead of the 2015 general election, commission boss U Tin Aye said last week.

Election boss backs away from campaign restrictions Posted: 18 May 2014 04:20 PM PDT Union Election Commission chair U Tin Aye has rejected allegations that a recently drafted directive was designed to stop Daw Aung San Suu Kyi from campaigning on behalf of other National League for Democracy candidates.

Bus owners could face charges after crashes Posted: 18 May 2014 04:18 PM PDT Bus company officials could go to prison in the event of more accidents on the Yangon-Mandalay Highway, a local official warned last week, after 14 passengers died when a bus plunged off the highway near Nay Pyi Taw.

K5 million handed out in Buddhist literature competition Posted: 18 May 2014 03:54 PM PDT Prizemoney totalling almost K5 million has been handed out to the winners of a youth Buddhist literature competition.

INGOs return to Sittwe, with new strings attached Posted: 18 May 2014 03:52 PM PDT The United Nations says aid groups in Rakhine State are running at less than 50 percent of normal capacity, despite most having been allowed to return to the state following violence in late March.

Regional leaders steer clear of Rakhine violence Posted: 18 May 2014 03:38 PM PDT The plight of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims was left off the agenda as leaders from Southeast Asia gathered in Nay Pyi Taw for the ASEAN Summit on May 10-11.

ASEAN unites to condemn rising South China Sea tensions Posted: 18 May 2014 03:33 PM PDT Regional foreign ministers take stronger stand on growing tension between China and ASEAN's South China Sea claimants.

President presses for regional response to climate change Posted: 18 May 2014 03:32 PM PDT President U Thein Sein has warned Southeast Asian leaders gathered in Nay Pyi Taw of the growing threat posed by climate change during his opening remarks at the ASEAN Summit and urged the regional bloc to take increased measures to address the issue.

Govt axes civil society meet after dispute over reps Posted: 18 May 2014 03:29 PM PDT Civil society leaders say they are "disappointed" by the government's decision to cancel a planned meeting between civil society representatives and ASEAN leaders on May 11 because of a dispute over who would be allowed to attend.

Muzzling of assembly rights in Rakhine is ‘disturbing’, says UN Posted: 18 May 2014 02:59 PM PDT Myanmar's failure to provide freedom of assembly rights to non-citizens, particularly Muslims in Rakhine State, has no basis in international law and is one of the world's most "disturbing" rights violation cases, a senior UN official said last week.

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