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• Advanced voting prompts confusion
• Independent warns of wicked political pledges
• NLD instructs Yangon candidates to stop public rallies
• FDA to test drinking water, cooking oil
• YCDC searches for more water as households run dry
• Malnutrition feared in hard-hit flood zones
• Preparation urged to avert another human smuggling crisis
• Shan group demands VP end fighting
• Shan State’s RCSS condemns Tatmadaw for continued attacks
• Language barrier hampers election in Chin State

Advanced voting prompts confusion Posted: 22 Oct 2015 12:00 AM PDT Election day is November 8 for most of Myanmar's 32 million eligible voters, but advance voting – an extremely contentious issue in the 2010 polls – has already begun in some parts of the country.

Independent warns of wicked political pledges Posted: 22 Oct 2015 12:00 AM PDT A retired soldier who hung up his uniform to contest the election as an independent is warning voters to beware the wickedness of politics, along with the false campaign pledges of his partisan rivals.

NLD instructs Yangon candidates to stop public rallies Posted: 21 Oct 2015 11:59 PM PDT The opposition National League for Democracy has ordered its candidates not to hold any more public rallies in Yangon and to focus on door-to-door campaigning.

FDA to test drinking water, cooking oil Posted: 21 Oct 2015 11:58 PM PDT The Food and Drug Administration is taking action against peddlers of dirty "purified" water and fake peanut oil.

YCDC searches for more water as households run dry Posted: 21 Oct 2015 11:53 PM PDT Only 60 percent of Yangon's water needs are being met, officials say. City authorities are hunting for fresh sources, even as work proceeds to fix leaky pipes that lose half the water they are supposed to carry.

Malnutrition feared in hard-hit flood zones Posted: 21 Oct 2015 11:52 PM PDT Widespread malnutrition and food shortages are feared in the aftermath of devastating monsoon floods that wiped out large tracts of the agriculture and livestock industries, according to a new survey report.

Preparation urged to avert another human smuggling crisis Posted: 21 Oct 2015 11:49 PM PDT As monsoon season fades, human smuggling routes from the Bay of Bengal to the Malaysian coast are expected to reopen, with thousands of desperate migrants and asylum seekers once again crowding into the hulls and decks of converted fishing boats ahead of deadly voyages.

Shan group demands VP end fighting Posted: 21 Oct 2015 11:47 PM PDT As an explosion wounded four people, the Shan State Progressive Party has issued an ultimatum: Stop attacking us now, or no more parties will sign the nationwide ceasefire agreement.

Shan State’s RCSS condemns Tatmadaw for continued attacks Posted: 21 Oct 2015 11:45 PM PDT The leader of the only ethnic Shan armed group to sign the nationwide ceasefire agreement last week has lashed out at the Tatmadaw for continuing to launch attacks on a non-signatory group.

Language barrier hampers election in Chin State Posted: 21 Oct 2015 11:39 PM PDT Voters in Chin State fear their ability to cast ballots on election day will be limited by an inability to read and write the Myanmar language.

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