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Mizzima. Democratic Voice of Burma. Asian Correspondent. Burma: Kachin rebel leader urges US role in peace talks By AP News Tue, Apr 22, 2014 9:55AM UTC WASHINGTON (AP) — A leader of ethnic Kachin rebels fighting Burma government forces is urging U.S. involvement in peace talks to quell decades of conflict in the country’s lawless border regions. Renewed clashes this month come despite efforts to forge a nationwide cease-fire agreement between the government and all armed ethnic groups. Burma says 22 dead in Kachin fighting this month By AP News Mon, Apr 21, 2014 11:36AM UTC YANGON, Burma (AP) — Burma says fighting between government troops and ethnic rebels in the northeastern, strife-torn state of Kachin has left at least 22 people dead this month. Anti-junta Burma journalist Win Tin dies at 85 By AP News Mon, Apr 21, 2014 11:11AM UTC YANGON, Burma (AP) — Win Tin, a prominent journalist who became Burma’s longest-serving political prisoner after challenging military rule by co-founding the National League for Democracy has died.

The Irrawaddy Magazine. The Myanmar Times.