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  1. Observers say the vote, accompanied by a renewed crackdown on dissent, is meant to entrench the junta's power.
  2. Voters in Myanmar's election say the poll is taking place in a "climate of fear", the BBC's South East Asia Correspondent Jonathan Head reports.
  3. The pair are expected to discuss territorial concessions and security guarantees during the negotiations.
  4. Thousands of homes in parts of Finland, Sweden and Norway have been left without power.
  5. Scientists say volcanic activity at the site, which frequently erupts, had intensified this week, with craters continuously emitting ash.