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• As ceasefire signed, president confident more groups will join nationwide pact
• Excitement and nerves ahead of NLD leader’s Rakhine trip
• Divisions as Ma Ba Tha begins ‘campaigning’
• Post-ceasefire manoeuvring begins
• Behind the battle to get votes in Pyin Oo Lwin
• DPNS focuses on winning support of farmers
• Factory defies council order to rehire union members
• Cop killer had been amnestied
• Cholera infects almost 200
• New rules for balloon flights over Bagan

As ceasefire signed, president confident more groups will join nationwide pact Posted: 15 Oct 2015 01:04 AM PDT More armed ethnic groups will join the nationwide ceasefire if it is implemented successfully with the first eight signatories, President U Thein Sein said at a signing ceremony in Nay Pyi Taw this morning.

Excitement and nerves ahead of NLD leader’s Rakhine trip Posted: 15 Oct 2015 12:57 AM PDT They leaped and whooped and their shirts came off and their hands reached up in the air and out toward the musicians. It was politics, but this National League for Democracy event in Thandwe in southern Rakhine State was also a party.

Divisions as Ma Ba Tha begins ‘campaigning’ Posted: 15 Oct 2015 12:56 AM PDT Hardline nationalist group Ma Ba Tha's latest dip into politics – allegedly campaigning for the Union Solidarity and Development Party – appears to signal a divisive split within the lobby organisation.

Post-ceasefire manoeuvring begins Posted: 15 Oct 2015 12:52 AM PDT As hundreds of dignitaries gather in Nay Pyi Taw today to attend the signing of a "nationwide" ceasefire agreement between the government and a minority of ethnic armed groups, those forces both inside and outside the pact are already positioning themselves for the next steps in the peace process.

Behind the battle to get votes in Pyin Oo Lwin Posted: 15 Oct 2015 12:47 AM PDT With uncertainty over the date of the election raised then dispelled on October 13 by the Union Election Commission, attention has now returned to the campaign battle.

DPNS focuses on winning support of farmers Posted: 15 Oct 2015 12:43 AM PDT A revived political party is aiming for the farmers' vote. Canvassers for the Democratic Party for a New Society (DPNS) are concentrating on agricultural concerns in Tada-Oo township, Mandalay Region, local secretary U Thant Zin said.

Factory defies council order to rehire union members Posted: 15 Oct 2015 12:40 AM PDT A garment factory management has defied the ruling of the district arbitration council by banning the return of seven staff that the council had directed them to re-employ.

Cop killer had been amnestied Posted: 15 Oct 2015 12:39 AM PDT A man accused of killing two police officers in September as he tried to evade arrest appeared in Yangon South District Court yesterday under tight security, with two police officers and a local witness offering testimony.

Cholera infects almost 200 Posted: 15 Oct 2015 12:38 AM PDT Thirteen people have died and almost 200 infected with cholera in a remote area of Kayin State under Karen National Union control.

New rules for balloon flights over Bagan Posted: 15 Oct 2015 12:36 AM PDT Balloons can still fly over Bagan, but must obey new rules, the government says.

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