Voice of America: Burma Says Troops Ordered Not to Attack Kachin Rebel HQ

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Burma Says Troops Ordered Not to Attack Kachin Rebel HQ Jan 20th 2013, 17:07 Burmese President Thein Sein says he is trying to create conditions for peace talks with ethnic-minority Kachin rebels. In a speech in Rangoon, Mr. Thein Sein said government forces are within an "arm's length" of the main Kachin Independence Army base in the town of Laiza, on the border with China. He said he has ordered troops not to attack the base as a show of good will. A Thailand-based spokesman for the Kachin rebel group said Burmese troops raided a rebel position Sunday ...

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