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- Voxpop: Transition of power
- Delayed post-election talks put transition in doubt
- US election observation team hacked, robbed
- Defeated USDP candidates intend to file complaints to UEC
- After NLD victory, village seeks a name change and no ruling party association
- Government drives up budget deficit with additional spending
- Cheated husband seeks revenge by Monogamy Law
- NLD asked to intervene in ethnic conflicts
- Detained Myanmar activists halt hunger strike
- A tale of two Sittwes
| Posted: 17 Nov 2015 11:58 PM PST
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| Delayed post-election talks put transition in doubt Posted: 17 Nov 2015 11:09 PM PST President U Thein Sein appears to have delayed indefinitely a meeting with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to discuss the transfer of power to a new government following her party's landslide election victory. |
| US election observation team hacked, robbed Posted: 17 Nov 2015 11:07 PM PST An internet scam has robbed US-based election observation group the Carter Center of more than US$40,000, according to members of the monitoring team. |
| Defeated USDP candidates intend to file complaints to UEC Posted: 17 Nov 2015 11:05 PM PST Large numbers of defeated Union Solidarity and Development Party candidates intend to file complaints to the Union Election Commission over what they saw as unfair conduct by their rivals, according to a senior party official. |
| After NLD victory, village seeks a name change and no ruling party association Posted: 17 Nov 2015 10:57 PM PST Set in concrete they may be, but many Mandalay Region residents believe the time has come to change the signboards bearing the name of their village. Several villages, in fact. |
| Government drives up budget deficit with additional spending Posted: 17 Nov 2015 10:51 PM PST President U Thein Sein's outgoing government has submitted a supplementary budget request to parliament of K2.464 trillion (US$1.92 billion) with the defence ministry in line to receive the largest allocation, while health and education spending remain close to the bottom of the list. |
| Cheated husband seeks revenge by Monogamy Law Posted: 17 Nov 2015 10:50 PM PST A Mandalay husband suspicious that his wife was having an affair filed a case against her under the newly enacted Monogamy Law. |
| NLD asked to intervene in ethnic conflicts Posted: 17 Nov 2015 10:46 PM PST Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is being called upon to intervene in fighting between government forces and ethnic armed groups in Shan and Kachin states. |
| Detained Myanmar activists halt hunger strike Posted: 17 Nov 2015 10:42 PM PST Detained student activists called off their hunger strike yesterday after nearly 20 days of protesting, according to a student union statement. |
| Posted: 17 Nov 2015 10:35 PM PST Were it not for the handful of burnt-out and dilapidated mosques that dot the dusty Rakhine capital of Sittwe, a tourist could be forgiven for thinking that there were no Muslims in the town at all. |
Taking the political temperature: How do you think the transition of power will go, and what will be the priorities over the next few months?
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