NY Times: Myanmar junta struggles to project image of control over crumbling nation.
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A second round of voting has been held in Myanmar's controversial election.
Myanmar has opened a second round of voting in the country's first general election since a takeover that installed a military government five years ago. The voting Sunday expanded to ...
Polls have opened in 100 townships across the country, with the military claiming 52 percent turnout in the first round.
Hpapun was once a bustling town with its own airport. Now it's empty and Sunday's election there is meaningless.
UN and many western countries as well as human rights groups say that in the absence of a meaningful opposition the election is neither free, fair nor credible ...
Myanmar has resumed voting in the second round of its first general election in five years, expanding polling to additional townships, including some areas affected by the current civil war between the military government and its armed opponents ...
The second phase of elections is underway in Myanmar this weekend. It's the first election since the ruling military regime seized power five years ago, but with major opposition parties barred from participating, leaders jailed and an ongoing civil ...
Opposition groups and the UN have called for the international community to boycott the results of elections held by the military junta. Maung Maung, Peter Popham and James C. Reynolds report ...
Myanmar's military government is holding an election despite much of the country being ravaged by the effects of war.