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DEMOCRATIC VOICE OF BURMA, WEEKLY NEWSLETTER: 23 to 29 Oct 2010

Inside Burma

Cyclone deaths top 100 as US pledges aid
Around 70,000 remain homeless and 175,000 affected as Washington
says it is not sure whether offers of aid have been accepted by junta

News editor tortured, given 13 years
Editor of Karenni-based news journal had been in Insein prison for
one year before being charged under a raft of media laws

Pro-junta parties to dominate Mandalay
USDP and NUP will stand as the only competition to one another in
57 of the 104 constituencies in the 6.3 million-strong Mandalay division

NDF demands new economic landscape
Opposition candidate calls for an end to Burma's reliance on traditional
commodity exports to trigger rejuvenation of a crumbling economy

Regional

Burma off the agenda at ASEAN summit
PM Thein Sein due to attend 17th ASEAN summit next week
but looming elections will only be discussed on the sidelines

Philippines to break ASEAN poll silence
President Aquino set to deliver speech at regional Southeast Asia
summit this week decrying the looming Burmese elections as a 'farce'

International

China sabotaging UN war crimes probe
Report claims that pressure from China has taken the steam out of
global support for a UN-led probe into war crimes in Burma

Than Shwe 'pinning hopes' on UN
Analysts say junta chief's praise of UN's work in promoting economic
and social justice is ironic given conditions inside Burma

Opinion & Analysis

As media runs wild, hot air stifles Rangoon
Joseph Allchin

Not in my backyard
Dan Withers

Interview

Aung Htoo, BLC: 'Than Shwe fears the ICC'

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Eyes on the vote

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