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DEMOCRATIC VOICE OF BURMA, WEEKLY NEWSLETTER: 30 Oct to 8 Nov 2010

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Inside Burma

Polls close with '45 to 60%' voter turnout
Mixed messages about voter turnout emerging but many describe
today's atmosphere as low-key, with Rangoon streets quiet

DKBA renegades seize border town
Key positions in Burmese border town seized by breakaway Karen troops
following allegations that Burmese army threatened voters at gunpoint

Japanese reporter for APF arrested
Reporter arrested after taking photos in Myawaddy remains in detention
and his belongings, including a pen camera, have been confiscated

Fraud allegations ignored by election body
Democratic Party Myanmar says that three complaints of fraudulent
behaviour lodged against the PM's party have been ignored

Suu Kyi 'very relevant' depsite absence
British ambassador Andrew Heyn defends NLD's boycott of today's
elections and says that UK 'won't turn its back' on Burma

Ethnic armies sign military pact
Groups including the Kachin Independence Army and a renegade DKBA
faction pledge to aid one another in military campaigns against the junta

Opinion & Analysis

Two souls to be rememberd on Sunday
Joseph Allchin

Post-election uncertainties may spell promise
Kim Jolliffe

Photos

On this day
7 November 2010

DVB TV

Deja vu

Interview

Pho Than Chaung, BCP: 'NLD won't perish'

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