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 Melbourne, Australia - 7 February, 2009: The last of the three well-known Chin singers invited to perform at the Chin Famine Live Aid Concerts has arrived in Australia, and the Chin community here is greeting her with excitement. Mimi Lalzamliani, a celebrated Chin singer from Mizoram State of India, where thousands of Chin refugees and famine victims live, arrived at Melbourne International Airport yesterday. A famous singer from Mizoram, who already participated in the previous Chin Famine Live Aid Concerts in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand to benefit Chin famine victims, was excited to see local Chin community members who welcomed her at the airport.
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 Ahead of the US presidential election on Tuesday, most polls are showing Democrat candidate Barack Obama with an insurmountable lead. A Gallup poll on October 30- November 1 showed 52 percent of US voters favoring Senator Obama with 41 percent for his rival John McCain. Other polls show similar if not more flattering poll predictions. So, with the Illinois senator apparently on the threshold of a four-year American presidency, what does his policy on Burma likely to be?
The Center for Strategic and Internationals Studies (CSIS), a Washington-based think tank, said in its October analysis that presidential hopeful Obama would continue to support sanctions on the Burmese junta and would continue to call for democracy and the protection of human rights in the military-ruled country.
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