The Polls Open In Military Ruled Myanmar



Military-Ruled Myanmar Holds Rare Elections -- ABC News

Military-ruled Myanmar holds first election in 20 years amid barrage of criticism, some hope.

Voting began in Myanmar's first election in 20 years Sunday amid both a barrage of criticism that the balloting was rigged in favor of the ruling military and hope that some change toward democratic reform might nonetheless follow.

About 40,000 polling stations across the Southeast Asian country opened shortly after 6 a.m. (2330 GMT) and were to close 10 hours later. The regime left everyone guessing as to when results would be announced, saying only they could come "in time."

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