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• NLD leader denied permit to hold rally next to Shwedagon pagoda
• Tatmadaw, ministries block polling stations
• USDP fire balloon flames out at festival
• Fire balloon blamed for Thadingyut blackout
• Parties accuse Pa-O militia of threats and intimidation
• Elections officially begin with early votes
• No clean sweep: Ethnic parties expected to deny unanimous opposition victory
• SNLD claims commission was misled on security
• Ministry recovers K4b in debts
• NLD claims voter list massively inflated in key battleground

NLD leader denied permit to hold rally next to Shwedagon pagoda Posted: 29 Oct 2015 09:02 AM PDT Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has been denied permission to hold a campaign rally this Sunday at People's Park next to Yangon's Shwedagon pagoda, the site of her first mass address in August 1988 when she announced her arrival on the political scene to a crowd of hundreds of thousands.

Tatmadaw, ministries block polling stations Posted: 29 Oct 2015 09:00 AM PDT Despite the growth in Mandalay's population, election officials will set up nearly 700 fewer polling stations than expected – because military commanders and managers of state-owned factories refused to allow them on their premises.

USDP fire balloon flames out at festival Posted: 29 Oct 2015 08:52 AM PDT he vast balloon, emblazoned with the slogan of the Union Solidarity and Development Party, was supposed to rise proudly into the night sky in a stirring celebration of the Festival of Lights and a symbol of party ascendancy. It didn't.

Fire balloon blamed for Thadingyut blackout Posted: 29 Oct 2015 06:00 AM PDT The full moon of Thadingyut is often called the "festival of light", but many in Myanmar spent much of the night sweltering in darkness. An errant fire balloon has been blamed for a widespread blackout that affected most major cities, including Yangon and Mandalay.

Parties accuse Pa-O militia of threats and intimidation Posted: 28 Oct 2015 02:30 PM PDT Campaigners in Shan State say they fear it will not be possible to hold free and fair elections there because of collusion between the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party and local armed militia. They accuse the Pa-O National Organization and the closely linked ethnic Pa-O militia of intimidating supporters of other parties.

Elections officially begin with early votes Posted: 28 Oct 2015 02:30 PM PDT Voting in the November 8 elections formally begins today as advance voters are allowed to start casting their ballots, with officials anxious to play down fears of a repeat of the large-scale fraud that marked the 2010 polls.

No clean sweep: Ethnic parties expected to deny unanimous opposition victory Posted: 28 Oct 2015 02:30 PM PDT Ethnic parties are stepping up the heat in Shan State, where they say their candidacy should not be discounted by the country's two largest political parties.

SNLD claims commission was misled on security Posted: 28 Oct 2015 02:30 PM PDT The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy has hit out at the Union Election Commission's decision to cancel voting in two townships, accusing it of being misled by a rival party.

Ministry recovers K4b in debts Posted: 28 Oct 2015 02:30 PM PDT Relatives and cronies of the former regime still owe the government about K27 billion (US$21.1 billion) in unpaid loans, according to the latest announcement by the government.

NLD claims voter list massively inflated in key battleground Posted: 28 Oct 2015 02:30 PM PDT Nearly half the names on the voters' list of a Mandalay city township should not be there, the local National League for Democracy candidate claimed after a door-to-door survey of the constituency found 5248 voters fewer than the 13,973 names on the voters' list.

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