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• After nationwide ceasefire signing, military, political committees formed
• Commission to hold talks with armed groups and parties
• Attacks on SSPP despite talks, pullback
• Overseas votes marred by limited registration, lack of ballot papers
• Amnesty push promised ahead of vote
• EU monitoring team promises no interference during polls
• Delays in identifying body found in creek
• Opposition fears social media punishments meted out unfairly
• Absent witnesses called to court in long-running trial
• UNICEF begins hygiene training

After nationwide ceasefire signing, military, political committees formed Posted: 20 Oct 2015 12:05 AM PDT Fresh  from the signing of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) in Nay Pyi Taw on October 15, the government and the eight signatory armed ethnic groups have already begun working toward the next stage.

Commission to hold talks with armed groups and parties Posted: 20 Oct 2015 12:04 AM PDT The Union Election Commission will today meet representatives of eight armed ethnic groups that signed a nationwide ceasefire agreement with the government, ahead of a planned discussion with political parties.

Attacks on SSPP despite talks, pullback Posted: 20 Oct 2015 12:03 AM PDT The Shan State Progressive Party/Shan State Army-North said its positions were coming under continued attack by the Tatmadaw yesterday despite talks the armed ethnic group held with the government in Nay Pyi Taw over the weekend and its agreement to withdraw from a key base last week.

Overseas votes marred by limited registration, lack of ballot papers Posted: 19 Oct 2015 11:59 PM PDT The election is less than three weeks away, but overseas small numbers of Myanmar workers have already begun casting ballots – and encountering obstacles.

Amnesty push promised ahead of vote Posted: 19 Oct 2015 11:58 PM PDT All political prisoners, including students and activists arrested in the Letpadan crackdown, could be released under an amnesty before the November 8 elections, following an agreement reached with armed ethnic groups that signed last week's ceasefire agreement.

EU monitoring team promises no interference during polls Posted: 19 Oct 2015 11:55 PM PDT Electoral observers from the European Union are fanning out across the country ahead of next month's election – including the capital, Nay Pyi Taw.

Delays in identifying body found in creek Posted: 19 Oct 2015 11:53 PM PDT Damage and decomposition caused by five days of immersion in water will delay the identification of a heavily tattooed male body found floating in a Nay Pyi Taw creek, according to police.

Opposition fears social media punishments meted out unfairly Posted: 19 Oct 2015 11:51 PM PDT Yet another social media poster is paying a high price for baiting the Tatmadaw online, while a ruling party candidate who posted doctored explicit pictures of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi remains at large.

Absent witnesses called to court in long-running trial Posted: 19 Oct 2015 11:47 PM PDT A judge has accepted the demand of a prominent advocate for dispossessed farmers to subpoena prosecution witnesses, forcing their presence in court at his next hearing.

UNICEF begins hygiene training Posted: 19 Oct 2015 11:46 PM PDT Keep it clean, schoolchildren are being told. UNICEF is working with the ministries of health and education to educate children in the importance of washing their hands.

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