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    Lead Story News Shan

    Shan state govt pledges compensation to victims of Lashio bomb blast

    The state government has offered financial assistance of 500,000 kyat (US$375) to both families of those killed.

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    People’s militia terrorises us, say Lashio villagers

    Locals say Mangpang Militia has threatened to murder residents and forced them to consent to a gold mining operation.

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    Shan rebels, army engage in brief fight

    A temporary exchange of gunfire broke out between the Shan State Army-South and the Burmese army four days after the groups signed a union-level ceasefire agreement

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    Parliamentarians to meet with armed groups

    As legislators tour through northern Burma to hold talks with armed groups, the Shan State Army-South are hoping so to secure the release of nearly 100 prisoners

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    Palaung suffer from conscription

    In the midst of harvest, members of the Palaung ethnic group are being keeping out of their tea fields after being conscripted by rebel forces

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    Troops die in renewed Shan fighting

    Two sides clash close to Thai border after Shan State Army refutes demands to withdraw troops, again spotlighting fragility of truce

    News Politics

    Student army latest to join peace talks

    All Burma Students’ Democratic Front says further ceasefire talks will be held in Rangoon after meeting takes place in Thailand

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    Fighting breaks out in Shan state

    Shan troops exchange fire with three Burmese battalions northwest of Tachilek only weeks after both sides agree a ceasefire

    News Politics

    Shan army calls for end to state abuse

    Ceasefire agreed recently will be ‘meaningless’ unless Burmese troops bring to an end ingrained abusive practices against civilians

    News Politics

    Shan army signs ceasefire, agrees territory

    Shan State Army–North becomes latest ethnic armed group to sign truce with government, with issues over territory agreed upon

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    Shan army to hand over drugs

    Shan State Army to give up drugs seized from local militia as part of a deal over brokering a ceasefire with Burmese government

    News Politics

    Shan army ‘ready for govt talks’

    Shan State Army willing to talk but only by official invitation, as the government attempts to negotiate with warring rebel groups

    News Politics

    Shan children ‘used as human shields’

    Children as young as 10 this week forced to accompany Burmese army column through volatile stretch of Shan state

    News Politics

    Wa army anxious about border conflicts

    Burma’s largest ethnic army voices ‘serious concern’ about fighting in border regions sparked by ‘contradictory’ Thein Sein

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    Energy projects ‘fuelling’ border fighting

    Environmental group says clashes in Burma’s northern and eastern border regions is intended to secure lucrative dam sites

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    Shan unity rekindles ethnic hopes

    For 15 years they were sworn enemies, their fighting pitting renegade Shan against government supporter. But last month the Shan State Army-South publicly cemented an alliance with their northern counterparts[…]

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    Fears mount over chemical weapons use

    Shelling of Shan army base leaves soldiers vomiting and struggling to breathe as speculation of chemical weapons use mounts

    News Politics

    Gunfire puts Kachin truce on tenterhooks

    Exchange of fire near Mansi northern Burma may spell end to 17-year ceasefire between Kachin army and Burmese government

    Analysis

    In the Shan hills, civilian and military life merge

    Two disparate worlds coexist in the mountain hamlet of Loi Taileng, where the struggle for Shan independence takes many shapes

    News Politics

    Thein Sein prepares for China visit

    Continued bilateral investment and border stability expected to feature highly in talks as Burma’s president makes first state visit tomorrow

    News Politics

    Factional Shan armies bid for unity

    Officials from the formerly Shan State Army-North travel publicly cemeted a new-found unity with their southern counterparts

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    Shan armies look ahead

    High in the Shan foothills straddling the Thailand-Burma border lies Loi Taileng, the home of the Shan State Army. At the weekend, thousands descended on the mountain village-cum-military base for[…]

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