And the winners are...
It certainly looks as if Aung San Suu Kyi's NLD party won in a landslide in Burma this weekend. Good tidings we hope for the future of the country.
This link to the Democratic Voice of Burma has "live" election coverage with a timeline of events during the day and a number of videos.
There are different thoughts about where the international community should go from here regarding Burma. Here's one, also on the Democratic Voice of Burma site, and one from the NY Times that includes this great quote by Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, “It is too early to know what the progress of recent months means and whether it will be sustained,” Mrs. Clinton said. “There are no guarantees about what lies ahead for the people of Burma, but after a day responding to a brutal dictator in Syria, who would rather destroy his own country than let it move toward freedom, it is heartening to be reminded that even the most repressive regime can reform and even the most closed society can open.”
And finally, this beautiful slide show of photos from Burma around the elction that I found in the New York Times.
Chalk one up for progress...
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