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• Myanmar leader talks peace with Shan ethnic rebels

  June 10, 2013 11:43 AM

  NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) The Myanmar government's efforts to make peace with ethnic minorities took another step forward Monday as representatives of the country's biggest minority group, the Shan, met with the country's reformist president in the capital. Shan State Army (South) leader Yawd Serk said after the talks that President... more »

• %headline(Myanmar resumes peace talks with Kachin rebels

  May 28, 2013 5:46 AM

  MYITKYINA, Myanmar (AP) Myanmar's government launched a new round of peace talks with ethnic Kachin rebels on Tuesday, seeking to end a major armed conflict that has recently been overshadowed by strife between Buddhists and Muslims in other parts of the country. The top government negotiator said the talks, if... more »

• %headline(Myanmar resumes peace talks with Kachin rebels

  May 28, 2013 5:24 AM

  MYITKYINA, Myanmar (AP) Myanmar's government launched a new round of peace talks with ethnic Kachin rebels on Tuesday, seeking to end a major armed conflict that has recently been overshadowed by strife between Buddhists and Muslims in other parts of the country. The top government negotiator said the talks, if... more »

• Myanmar helicopter crashes in northern battle zone

  January 12, 2013 11:35 AM

  YANGON, Myanmar (AP) Kachin ethnic rebels battling Myanmar's army in the country's north said they had shot down a government helicopter, but the army denied the claim, saying Saturday that the chopper crashed due to engine failure. An emailed announcement from the Kachin guerrillas said they shot down the helicopter... more »

• Myanmar helicopter crashes in northern battle zone

  January 12, 2013 8:46 AM

  YANGON, Myanmar (AP) Kachin ethnic rebels battling Myanmar's army in the country's north said they shot down a government helicopter, but the army denied the claim, saying Saturday that the chopper crashed due to engine failure. An emailed announcement from the Kachin guerrillas said they shot down the helicopter late... more »

• Myanmar helicopter crashes in northern battle zone

  January 11, 2013 11:31 PM

  YANGON, Myanmar (AP) Kachin ethnic rebels battling the army in northern Myanmar say they have shot down a government helicopter, but the army says it crashed due to engine failure. An emailed announcement from the Kachin guerrillas says they shot down the helicopter late Friday as heavy fighting raged. A... more »

• Kachin rebels in Myanmar allege new air attacks

  January 3, 2013 8:46 AM

  YANGON, Myanmar (AP) Kachin ethnic rebels in northern Myanmar said Thursday that military air attacks against them are continuing, but that the guerrillas still hold key positions protecting their main base. Kachin Independence Army spokesman La Nan acknowledged that one of the guerrillas' hilltop posts had fallen, as reported by... more »

• Myanmar gov't denies air attacks on Kachin rebels

  December 31, 2012 4:58 AM

  YANGON, Myanmar (AP) The government and ethnic Kachin rebels are blaming each other for an upsurge in fighting in northern Myanmar, with the government denying it carried out air attacks on rebel-held territory. President's office director Maj. Zaw Htay said Monday that helicopters and jets alleged by the Kachin to... more »

• Myanmar's Karen rebels meet with Aung San Suu Kyi

  April 7, 2012 7:57 AM

  YANGON, Myanmar (AP) Leaders of Myanmar's most enduring ethnic rebel group have met with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi a day after meeting with the president. The 2 1/2-hour meeting Sunday of leaders of the Karen National Union with Suu Kyi also follows an agreement the group reached Friday... more »

• Myanmar's president meets Karen rebel leaders

  April 7, 2012 7:57 AM

  YANGON, Myanmar (AP) Myanmar's president has met with leaders of the Karen rebel movement in the latest sign of the government's determination to end one of the world's longest-running insurgencies. Saturday's meeting between Thein Sein and leaders of the Karen National Union came a day after a government delegation agreed... more »

• Myanmar's Karen rebels restart cease-fire talks

  April 4, 2012 3:49 AM

  BANGKOK (AP) Cease-fire talks reopened Wednesday between the government and leaders of the country's most enduring ethnic rebel movement, highlighting another major task for Myanmar as it opens up and enacts political reforms. The military-backed but elected government of President Thein Sein is seeking cease-fires with ethnic rebel groups as... more »

• Myanmar: preliminary peace deal with Mon rebels

  February 26, 2012 11:24 PM

  YANGON, Myanmar (AP) Myanmar's state media say the central government has reached a preliminary peace agreement with a rebel group belonging to the Mon ethnic minority. The state-run Myanma Ahlin reported Monday that the deal was agreed over the weekend with the New Mon State Party. Similar peace agreements have... more »

• Myanmar's Mon ethnic rebels agree on cease-fire

  February 2, 2012 8:44 AM

  YANGON, Myanmar (AP) A mediator says Myanmar's government has reached a cease-fire agreement with another ethnic rebel group in its latest effort to ensure political stability. Civilian mediator Hla Maung Shwe said Thursday the agreement was reached by authorities in Mon State and the rebel New Mon State Party. He... more »

• Myanmar holds new cease-fire talks with Kachin

  January 19, 2012 3:53 AM

  YANGON, Myanmar (AP) Myanmar's government and ethnic Kachin rebels met Thursday for cease-fire talks to end several months of armed clashes near the northern border with China, but their preliminary meeting did not make any major breakthroughs. After two days of negotiations, a high-level government team and members of the... more »