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• Vote to go ahead after day of confusion
• Election date in doubt as UEC proposes postponement
• At least 17 dead, 30 missing in Kayah landslide
• Shan party members killed in Kachin State
• Red Shan party eyes minister seat
• Little hope for change as IDPs mull elections
• Commission could probe Coco Islands block on NLD
• Three armed ethnic groups removed from government blacklist
• Tatmadaw fires on SSPP base in Shan State
• Homes destroyed as heavy rain brings more flooding

Vote to go ahead after day of confusion Posted: 13 Oct 2015 11:42 AM PDT Just hours after casting doubt over the date of the election, the Union Election Commission announced it will not be postponing the looming polls.

Election date in doubt as UEC proposes postponement Posted: 13 Oct 2015 04:41 AM PDT The Union Election Commission has proposed postponing the election from November 8, citing concerns that flooding could stop some people from voting.

At least 17 dead, 30 missing in Kayah landslide Posted: 13 Oct 2015 03:40 AM PDT Downpours in Kayah State have triggered a deadly landslide, killing at least 17 people and forcing Hpa-Saung township to evacuate.

Shan party members killed in Kachin State Posted: 12 Oct 2015 11:45 PM PDT Two members of the Tai-Leng Nationalities Development Party have been shot dead in separate incidents in Kachin State's lucrative jade mining town Hpakant.

Red Shan party eyes minister seat Posted: 12 Oct 2015 11:32 PM PDT U Sai Win Phay, a former jade merchant, is set on being the next minister for Shan ethnic affairs in Mandalay Region so he can better lobby for his small ethnic minority group, the "Red Shan" or Tai-Leng.

Little hope for change as IDPs mull elections Posted: 12 Oct 2015 11:28 PM PDT International commentators are fond of saying that Myanmar's November 8 election could bring sweeping changes to the country.

Commission could probe Coco Islands block on NLD Posted: 12 Oct 2015 11:24 PM PDT The Yangon election commission said it is looking in to allegations that free and fair elections have been obstructed in the remote Coco Islands.

Three armed ethnic groups removed from government blacklist Posted: 12 Oct 2015 11:23 PM PDT The organisations are among the eight scheduled to sign a ceasefire agreement in Nay Pyi Taw on October 15.

Tatmadaw fires on SSPP base in Shan State Posted: 12 Oct 2015 11:17 PM PDT The headquarters in Mong Hsu of the Shan State Progressive Party/Shan State Army came under Tatmadaw attack for a third day yesterday, according to a spokesperson for the ethnic armed group.

Homes destroyed as heavy rain brings more flooding Posted: 12 Oct 2015 10:53 PM PDT Flooding caused by torrential rains in Magwe Region swept away several houses and a timber causeway on the night of October 11.

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