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Ethnic leader: USDP anti-amendment speech a spanner in the works

Recent speech made by the military proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) General Secretary ex-major general Htay Oo will only serve as another fly in the ointment of the ongoing ceasefire talks of Naypyitaw led by U Aung Min and U Aung Thaung, said Hkun Okker, Joint General Secretary of the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC).

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Burma soldier dies in Shan state battle with KIA

A Burmese soldier died on Thursday morning following a battle between the Kachin Independence Army's (KIA) new battalion near Mong Mit in northern Shan State.

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China cracks down on Burmese migrants, Arakanese include among those arrested and deported

Chinese police nowadays are cracking down on Burmese migrants in its border towns close to Burma. Many Arakanese are also included among those being arrested and deported by the Chinese police over last weeks, said a coordinator of the Muse-base social group “Garunar”.

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Air Bagan crash in Shan State due to pilot error, says inquiry

The crash-landing of an Air Bagan airplane in Shan State on Christmas Day was due to pilot error, said Win Swe Tun, the chairman of the Investigation Commission.

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Responsibility for ceasefire lies with government

Duwa Maran Zau Awng, a member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) and Kachin ex-member of parliament (MP) have reacted in the media to the July 28 open letter of Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

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