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• Guns fall silent in Kyaukme, but tension high on the front lines
• UNFC display of unity casts doubt on new ceasefire talks
• Amyotha committee takes aim at resource extraction
• US embassy raises alarm over clashes
• UNFC seeks to broker end to Shan fighting
• NLD leader calls region Speakers to Nay Pyi Taw
• Ethnic unity at the fore in Chin National Day celebrations
• High Court to hear ATM fraud allegations

Guns fall silent in Kyaukme, but tension high on the front lines Posted: 21 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST The fighting may have died down in northern Shan State, but the scars, physical and mental, remain. Tensions are still high.

UNFC display of unity casts doubt on new ceasefire talks Posted: 21 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST Government plans to coax armed groups that refused to sign the nationwide ceasefire back to the negotiating table may already have hit a snag, with armed group sources saying they are already headed for a dispute over the format of the meetings.

Amyotha committee takes aim at resource extraction Posted: 21 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST With the country's deadly jade industry increasingly under international scrutiny after hundreds of scavengers were buried in landslides, the Amyotha Hluttaw is taking the infamously unregulated extractive industries sector to task.

US embassy raises alarm over clashes Posted: 21 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST The US embassy in Yangon said it was "deeply concerned" over clashes involving ethnic armed groups and the military in northern Myanmar that have displaced thousands of people, warning that the violence threatened to unravel the country's delicate peace process.

UNFC seeks to broker end to Shan fighting Posted: 21 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST An umbrella organisation of ethnic armed groups has formed a five-member team to help negotiate an end to fighting in northern Shan State that has forced up to 5000 people to flee their homes.

NLD leader calls region Speakers to Nay Pyi Taw Posted: 21 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST Daw Aung San Suu Kyi will today meet her party's Speakers from the state and regional parliaments in Nay Pyi Taw, although they say they are in the dark as to why they have been summoned to the capital.

Ethnic unity at the fore in Chin National Day celebrations Posted: 21 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST As the National League for Democracy presided over Chin National Day in Nay Pyi Taw on February 20, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi called for unity of "all ethnic races".

High Court to hear ATM fraud allegations Posted: 21 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST Five foreigners accused of multiple offences of fraud involving the use of fake bank cards or electronic equipment to withdraw cash can be tried together, Yangon Region's High Court has decided.

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