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• Published: 2008-10-11

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Major armed groups that had concluded ceasefire pacts with the Burma Army are inevitably divided between “doves” and “hawks,” as pressure to disarm and contest 2010 elections mounts, according to sources inside Shan State.

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• Published: 2008-10-10

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• Published: 2008-10-07

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The Shan New Year this year falls on 28 November. The following article is contributed by one of the most well-known writers among Shans.

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• Published: 2008-10-03

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Saffron revolution is not only Burman affair but also includes the involvement of ethnic monks and all citizens of Burma, said Nang Hseng Oo, an organizer of the first anniversary of the bloody shootings in Rangoon held on 27 September at the Chiangmai University, Thailand.

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• Published: 2008-09-29

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Shan State Army (SSA) South leader Col Yawdserk has issued a statement urging Shans living in Thailand to stay away from ongoing troubled Thai politics.

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• Published: 2008-09-27

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Self administered regions assigned to 5 different ethnic groups in Shan State are “a bunch of hoax”, according to Khun Htee, the newly elected Chairman of Pa-O Youth Organization (PYO).

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• Published: 2008-09-26

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To the surprise of no one at the Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.), the majority (60.5%) of the respondents to its readership poll conducted in July and August had chosen yellow, green and red, the colors of their state flag to be used for the cover of its monthly publication, according to the results.

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• Published: 2008-09-25

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Thailand’s prestigious Chulalongkorn University is organizing the First International Conference on Shan Studies (ICSS) in the upcoming year, according to Chiangmai-based Shan Literature and Culture Society.

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• Published: 2008-09-25

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Shan groups in exile say the regimes’ mass prisoner release is a publicity stunt and demand immediate, unconditional release of all political prisoners in Burma, including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and the Shan State leaders imprisoned since 2005, according to the press statement released by Shan groups yesterday.

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• Published: 2008-09-24

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The United Wa State Army (UWSA)’s southern command that operates along the Thai-Burma border has recently been urged again by the Burmese military authorities to “exchange arms for peace,” a euphemism for surrender, according to Thai and Shan sources.

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• Published: 2008-09-24

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Finding none of their leaders among the 9,002 prisoners released by junta authorities on Tuesday, Shans both inside and outside Burma have settled down to a period of depression.

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• Published: 2008-09-24

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A nephew of a Shan ceasefire leader in northern Shan State was killed by unknown perpetrator after returning from hanging out with a group of friends, but local authorities failed to find out the culprit, according to sources from northern Shan State.

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• Published: 2008-09-23

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Even while people are facing difficulties to struggle for livelihood, the junta authorities in Kachin State have been allowing to open gambling dens resulting in the loss of property with one committing suicide, according to sources from the Sino-Burma border.

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• Published: 2008-09-21

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In order to escape several abuses and forced labor by the Burmese military, villagers in Southern Shan State have been fleeing to the Thai-Burma border, according to SHAN sources from the border.

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• Published: 2008-09-17

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