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Myanmar’s military junta holds elections

Myanmar’s military junta holds elections as civil war sparked by coup still rages

Polls opened in Myanmar on Sunday kick-starting a controversial election the military junta says will return democratic rule, nearly five years after it seized power from an elected government, unleashing a brutal civil war it has yet to win.

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Myanmar votes amid civil war, junta chief down plays presidential role

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Myanmar junta holds tightly controlled polls amid civil war, five years after coup

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Myanmar goes to the polls amid civil war and humanitarian crisis

Dec 27 (Reuters) - Myanmar heads to the polls on Sunday as it battles a civil war that has ravaged parts of the country as well as one of Asia's worst humanitarian crises.

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Polls Open for Military-Ruled Myanmar's First Election in 5 Years

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War-torn Myanmar votes in widely criticised 'sham' election

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Myanmar's ruling junta says election will provide path to peace as polls open - but opponents criticise 'sham' vote

Since seizing power by force nearly five years ago, Myanmar's ruling military junta has imprisoned thousands of its opponents - most notably Aung San Suu Kyi, the last democratically elected leader.

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Myanmar’s Election Is Derided as Fake, but the Nation’s Suffering Is All Too Real

A coup set off a brutal civil war and made a poor country poorer. Now its military rulers are seeking a veneer of legitimacy by holding elections.

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Junta-led Myanmar election begins: UN, West denounce polls as illegal ‘power grab’

Myanmar`s military junta holds phased elections, claiming a return to civilian rule. Critics call it a sham amid civil war and repression.

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How Myanmar's junta-run vote works, and why it might not

Myanmar's junta presides over elections starting on Sunday, advertising the vote as a return to democratic normality five years after it mounted a coup that triggered civil war.