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• Vote to go ahead after day of confusion
• Vote cancellations in conflict areas higher than in 2010
• Japan hands over first of three planned weather radars
• At least 28 killed in Kayah landslide
• Election observers: the eyes of the world
• Mandalay observers ‘go their own way’
• The Campaign Trail with Daw Ni Ni Hla
• ‘Voters will decide based on personality’: U Tun Zaw
• Nationalist monk tells NLD leader to avoid Rakhine
• Driver detained after clash with USDP motorcade

Vote to go ahead after day of confusion Posted: 14 Oct 2015 12:00 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.

Vote cancellations in conflict areas higher than in 2010 Posted: 13 Oct 2015 11:53 PM PDT Voting has been cancelled in nearly 600 village tracts nationwide, mostly in Kachin and Shan states, the Union Election Commission ruled yesterday, declaring that the lack of security would not allow for free and fair elections.

Japan hands over first of three planned weather radars Posted: 13 Oct 2015 11:50 PM PDT The first of three weather radar stations capable of providing real-time warnings of oncoming storms up to 900 kilometres (500 miles) away has opened.

At least 28 killed in Kayah landslide Posted: 13 Oct 2015 11:43 PM PDT Downpours in Kayah State have triggered a deadly landslide, killing at least 16 people and forcing residents to evacuate Hpasawng township. More are feared to have died in the incident.

Election observers: the eyes of the world Posted: 13 Oct 2015 11:42 PM PDT Myanmar's hotly contested election will be watched by thousands of short- and long-term observers from home and abroad

Mandalay observers ‘go their own way’ Posted: 13 Oct 2015 11:40 PM PDT U Nyi Nyi Kyaw smokes a cigarette on the second floor of his house-cum-teashop in Mandalay. A former student activist and now director of a regional election observation group, he continues to defy the authorities – in this case, the Union Election Commission, by refusing to register to monitor the November 8 election.

The Campaign Trail with Daw Ni Ni Hla Posted: 13 Oct 2015 11:38 PM PDT "I want to act for the benefit of the people. I am willing to play a part to implement democracy. I helped poor clients when I was a lawyer. I stood on the side of citizens against injustice. Now, I wish to continuing using my legal knowledge to help people."

‘Voters will decide based on personality’: U Tun Zaw Posted: 13 Oct 2015 11:37 PM PDT Union Solidarity and Development Party Amyotha Hluttaw representative U Tun Zaw – better known as Ko Pauk – tells Htoo Thant that his standing as a businessperson and philanthropist in rural Bago Region will be enough to see him hold his seat

Nationalist monk tells NLD leader to avoid Rakhine Posted: 13 Oct 2015 02:30 PM PDT An influential nationalist monk who is openly backing the Arakan National Party (ANP) in Rakhine has called on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to cancel her visit to the state this weekend, saying it was likely to provoke protests and incite religious tensions.

Driver detained after clash with USDP motorcade Posted: 13 Oct 2015 02:30 PM PDT A driver whose car blocked a ruling-party campaign motorcade was led off in handcuffs by police after fighting with party supporters. The driver, who has not been named, has been detained by police for questioning.

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