Myanmar ready to vote

Updated On Mar 31, 2012 09:05 pm IST
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Children rest their hands on the hood of a car with the National League for Democracy (NLD) party flag glued to it during a gathering of of NLD supporters, a day before the by-election, near the party office at Mayangone Township in Yangon. REUTERS/Staff expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Mar 31, 2012 09:05 pm IST

Children rest their hands on the hood of a car with the National League for Democracy (NLD) party flag glued to it during a gathering of of NLD supporters, a day before the by-election, near the party office at Mayangone Township in Yangon. REUTERS/Staff

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A supporter wearing a T-shirt with the face of Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi takes part during the gathering of the supporters of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party near the party office at Mayangone Township in Yangon. REUTERS/Staff expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A supporter wearing a T-shirt with the face of Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi takes part during the gathering of the supporters of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party near the party office at Mayangone Township in Yangon. REUTERS/Staff

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Election staff set up a ballot station in Yangon. Myanmar's by-elections will be held on April 1, and the election commission accepts advance votes on March 30 and 31. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Election staff set up a ballot station in Yangon. Myanmar's by-elections will be held on April 1, and the election commission accepts advance votes on March 30 and 31. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

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Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi addresses a press conference at her house in Yangon. Suu Kyi said that Myanmar's weekend elections will be neither free nor fair because of widespread irregularities, but vowed to press forward with her candidacy for the sake of the country. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Mar 31, 2012 09:05 pm IST

Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi addresses a press conference at her house in Yangon. Suu Kyi said that Myanmar's weekend elections will be neither free nor fair because of widespread irregularities, but vowed to press forward with her candidacy for the sake of the country. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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A woman casts a vote during an early voting at a polling station in Mingala Taungnyunt Township, Yangon, Myanmar, a day before the Myanmar's by-election. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A woman casts a vote during an early voting at a polling station in Mingala Taungnyunt Township, Yangon, Myanmar, a day before the Myanmar's by-election. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

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Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) candidate Daw Le Le Aye, left, waves to supporters during her election campaign a day before Myanmar's by-election in Mingala Taungnyunt Township in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) candidate Daw Le Le Aye, left, waves to supporters during her election campaign a day before Myanmar's by-election in Mingala Taungnyunt Township in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

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An Election Commission employee makes final preparations at a polling station in Yangon. AFP/Soe Than Win expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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An Election Commission employee makes final preparations at a polling station in Yangon. AFP/Soe Than Win

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A Myanmar couple try to find their names on the list of voters pasted on a wall at a polling station ahead of weekend by-election in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A Myanmar couple try to find their names on the list of voters pasted on a wall at a polling station ahead of weekend by-election in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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Election workers arrange polling related items inside a classroom, to be used as a polling station, ahead of weekend by-election in Yangon, Myanmar, Saturday. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Election workers arrange polling related items inside a classroom, to be used as a polling station, ahead of weekend by-election in Yangon, Myanmar, Saturday. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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Myanmar school children shout slogans for Aung San Suu Kyi while waiting for her arrival on the roadside a day before the country's by-elections in the village of Wah Thin Kha, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Myanmar school children shout slogans for Aung San Suu Kyi while waiting for her arrival on the roadside a day before the country's by-elections in the village of Wah Thin Kha, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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A supporter shows a tattoo of Myanmar's independence hero General Aung San, founder of the Burmese army and the late father of Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, during a gathering of the supporters of the National League for Democracy (NLD) near the party office at Mayangone Township in Yangon. REUTERS/Staff expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Mar 31, 2012 09:05 pm IST

A supporter shows a tattoo of Myanmar's independence hero General Aung San, founder of the Burmese army and the late father of Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, during a gathering of the supporters of the National League for Democracy (NLD) near the party office at Mayangone Township in Yangon. REUTERS/Staff

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Election staff set up a ballot station in Yangon. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Election staff set up a ballot station in Yangon. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

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