Friday, December 21, 2012

US military to train Burmese troops


20 Dec 2012

The United States is poised to take “nascent steps” to open up military ties 
with Burma as a way of bolstering political reforms undertaken by the former pariah state,
 a senior US defence official said Wednesday.

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Delegates from student army meet with former comrades


20 Dec 2012

The All Burma Students’ Democratic Front (ABSDF) delegation visiting Burma met 
with representatives from the 88 Generation Students in Rangoon to discuss 
political strategies and hosting a potential convention in the reforming country.

Commission investigates 1,000 acres of farmland confiscated by the army in Gwa


19 Dec 2012

Thandwe: Burma’s union parliamentary commission for investigating confiscations 
of agrarian land and other land has recently investigated 1,000 acres of farms seized 
by the army in Gwa Township in southern Arakan State.

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Police station in Hpakant under siege


19 Dec 2012

Kachin Independence Army (KIA) soldiers raided a federal a police station 
in Kamaing village, in western Kachin State's jade rich Hpakant Township 
(also Hpakan), yesterday morning.

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Chin unity came from Falam assembly: CNF Secretary General


20 Dec 2012

Pu Zing Cung, the secretary general of the Chin National Front (CNF), said 
that Chin unity first happened during the Fallam Assembly in 1948, while recently 
speaking at a public consultation meeting in Falam Town, Chin state, Burma.

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Chin agreement shows what rebel peace makers can do: scholar


20 Dec 2012

A scholar attending a meeting on Sunday, 16 December, in Chiangmai 
where a Chin leader was presenting a report on the latest agreement signed 
between the Chin National Front (CNF) and the Union Peacemaking Work Committee 
(UPWC) after a 3-day negotiation on 9 December, details of the said deal showed 
what the armed movements could achieve under present circumstances 
and the challenges that they would still need to overcome.

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