Deadly cyclone overshadows Myanmar's vote on constitution (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Fri, 05/09/2008 - 8:30pm

This undated handout photo released wednesday, May 7, 2008, by New Words shows a slogan written on a road over a bridge in Myanmar encouraging a no vote against a key referendum on a proposed constitution backed by the junta.<br /><br />State radio has said that Saturday's vote would be delayed until May 24 in 40 of 45 townships in the Yangon area and seven in the Irrawaddy delta.<br /><br />But it indicated the balloting would proceed in other areas as scheduled. (AP Photo/ via New Words)AP - Voting began Saturday across most parts of this cyclone-ravaged nation on a referendum for a controversial constitution, but balloting was delayed for two weeks in the hardest hit areas, including the capital.




 

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