Ethnic Shan rebels have agreed in a second round of talks that there will be no more fighting between the guerrillas and Burmese government troops, a government negotiator said.

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to make a historic address to both of the UK's Houses of Parliament as she ventures out of her country for the first time in more than two decades.

Recent battles between Burmese government troops and Kachin ethnic rebels have killed 31 people, a state-run newspaper said, as the ongoing fighting threatens the country’s reform and reconciliation process.

The Burmese government has signed a ceasefire agreement with ethnic Karen rebels, taking a major step towards ending one of the world’s longest-running insurgencies.

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Burma pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has joined forces with environmentalists and minority groups with an appeal for a rethink of a large dam project.

FIGHTING between ethnic minority rebels and Burmese government troops has sent at least 10,000 refugees across the border into Thailand after a widely criticised election that is expected to usher in a parliament sympathetic to the military regime.

Fighting between ethnic minority rebels and Burmese government troops has sent at least 10,000 refugees across the border into Thailand after a widely criticised election that is expected to usher in a parliament sympathetic to the military regime.

Clashes between rebels and Burmese government troops raged in a key border town today, a day after the country’s first election in two decades – polling which critics say will the cement the military-run government’s power.

One of Aung San Suu Kyi’s two sons travelled from Britain to Bangkok and is seeking a visa to see his mother for the first time in a decade, amid speculation Burma’s junta will soon free the detained opposition leader.

An elephant is being treated by vets after it was injured by a land mine near the border between Thailand and Burma.

US PRESIDENT Barack Obama yesterday told Burma’s junta to free pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during an unusual face-to-face interaction with a top leader of the ruling military.

The highest-ranking American diplomat to visit Burma in 14 years offered improved relations if the country's military regime moves toward democracy.

Optimistic analysts hope the appalling suffering in Burma will inevitably lead to the collapse of the junta and its replacement by a government led by Aung San Suu Kyi. It’s a forlorn hope: the Burmese army is willing to kill civilians in large numbers. So long as the army stays united, nothing will change

A BURMESE government official says the court presiding over the trial of detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will deliver its verdict on Friday.

A Burmese government official said the court presiding over the trial of detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will deliver its verdict on Friday.

Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi marked six years of continuous detention by Burma’s military regime today as she defended herself in court accused of sheltering an uninvited American.

Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will testify tomorrow at her trial for violating the terms of her house arrest.

Burma risks global isolation because its continued oppression of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband warned today.

United Nations helicopters loaded with relief supplies have reached areas of Burma’s Irrawaddy delta that were cut off from regular aid since the devastating cyclone five weeks ago.

TENS of thousands of people killed in last month’s Burmese cyclone may never be identified because their bodies have decomposed so badly and many ended up far from home, an aid organisation said yesterday.

Burma’s cyclone victims are being forced from refugee camps and dumped near their wrecked homes without aid or supplies, the UN said today.

UN and private aid agencies today raced to prepare aid for victims of the devastating cyclone in Burma, but were awaiting a go-ahead from the ruling junta.

A major protest demanding United Nations action against the oppressive military regime in Burma will be held in Dublin today, coinciding with similar demonstrations throughout the globe.

A major protest demanding United Nations (UN) action against the oppressive military regime in Burma will be held in central Dublin tomorrow, coinciding with similar demonstrations throughout the globe.

David Miliband has called on Burma’s military junta to allow peaceful protests on the streets of Rangoon.

Pro-democracy campaigners pledged to “strike back” against the Burmese government today in the face of lethal attacks by the military.

Soldiers in Burma opened fire on thousands of anti-government protesters today, killing at least nine people and injuring 11.

China has secretly urged Burma’s military rulers to solve the crisis that is provoking continuing street demonstrations by thousands of people.

ABOUT 30,000 people in Burma are in need of care, the UN World Food Programme said yesterday - suggesting damage caused by the tsunami is much greater than officials in the secretive state have acknowledged.

Burma Action Ireland has expressed concern that the true facts about the impact of Sunday's tsunamis on the people of Burma may not have been revealed.

BURMA’S military government dismissed as “quite odd” yesterday a US government claim that opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was on hunger strike in protest at her continued detention.

Burma’s military government dismissed as “quite odd” today a US government claim that opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was on hunger strike in protest at her continued detention.