Myanmar Readies for its First By-Elections
Burma's Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is predicted to easily win a parliament seat in Sunday's by-election amid expectations that Washington will respond by easing economic sanctions, but the polls also symbolize how far she has fallen.
Forty-five of 48 seats in parliament are to be contested. The remaining three, in Kachin state, await a ceasefire bet…
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