Myanmar aid group urges ceasefire to evacuate trapped civilians
Lashio, Myanmar (AFP) Feb 19, 2015 - Aid workers called Thursday for a ceasefire to allow the evacuation of people trapped around a town at the centre of fierce fighting between Myanmar's army and ethnic rebels, after the deaths of two more civilians in an area cloaked in a state of emergency. Tens of thousands of civilians have already fled the remote and rugged Kokang area of northeastern Shan State over the last 10 days, wit ... more

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