1, If the Shan and Kachin had come , we might have got somewhere.

2, According to the Kachin News Group, the Burmese Army is still operating offensives in Kachin State with fighting occurring on a daily basis.

3, Anti-BGF program groups are: the UWSA, the MNDAA, Kachin Independent Army (KIA), Shan State Army (SSA) 'North''s First Brigade, the Kayan New Land Party (KNLP) and New Mon State Party (NMSP).

4, The KIO's military wing, the Kachin Independence Army, claims to have more than 20,000 troops including well-trained militias.

5, Some Kachin, Shan and Burman girls and women enter the sex trade in China and other neighboring countries.

6, KIO has told the Kachin State government that it requests ceasefire and peace talks with the central Union Government directly.

7, With the Kachin independent army in control of northern Myanmar, they too have been noticed selling arms to various insurgent groups.

8, A resident told the Kachin News Group, "The material was mainly distributed in Kachin communities in the downtown.

9, I want to ask members of the Kachin, Karen and Shan armed groups to remember that there are many ethnic people in the Burmese army.

10, In Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State, a local resident said, "It's been raining for a week,[http:///kachin.html] but the water level of the Irrawaddy River has not increased."

11, Clearly action taken by authorities in China and Burma to combat illegal logging in Kachin state has had a significant positive impact.

12, The anti-KIO/A leaflets were distributed and pasted in Manmaw, the second largest city of Kachin State on August 20, September 3 and 5, according to residents.

13, A group of KIA leaders gather in Laja Yan, Kachin State for cease-fire discussions with Burmese government officials in July.

14, Speaking to The Irrawaddy on Wednesday, La Nan, a spokesman for the Kachin Independence Organization, refuted Hla Min's accusations that his group recruited one member per household.

15, During the past few days, several posters were put up by unknown people in Kachin State alleging that Gun Maw had been killed during internecine fighting among the KIA leadership.

16, Thousands of villagers were to be displaced in an area that's prone to earthquakes and routine clashes between the Burmese military and Kachin rebels.

17, "We have already told the junta that we will conduct a transformation of troops into our own Kachin Regional Guard Force," said a KIO source in the headquarters of Laiza.

18, The military objective of the offensive remains unclear, but KIA spokesman La Nan believes that the government intends to weaken Kachin forces to get an upper hand in future rounds of negotiations.

19, In general, ethnic Burmans live in the valley, and the minority ethnic groups such as the Karen, Karenni, Shan, and Kachin live in the sprawling hill country.

20, The parties attached to two of the most powerful ceasefire groups, the United State Wa Army (USWA) and Kachin Independence Army (KIA), will both be excluded from the upcoming elections.

21, They are also distributing CDMA mobile and land line phone connections to civilians, while campaigning in the main townships of Kachin State.

22, Other groups operating in the affected areas include the Kachin Independence Army, the Shan State Army and the Karen National Liberation Army.

23, Maj-Gen Soe Win, the commander of the Northern Regional Military Command, also called last week on the KIO to hold BGF talks in Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State.

24, The talks involved several groups, including the United Wa State Army (UWSA) and the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO).