from AP:
While defenseless city dwellers are massacred by the Burmese military dictatorship, the rekindled fight for Karen Independence has born fruit: An important army base was captured near the border with Thailand. The Two freedom fighting factions have began to form a provisional government based on increased minority representation in the Multi-ethnic country, where the Bamar majority controls the current military government. To learn more about the Burmese Separatists like the Karen, we have a Springtime of Nations video all about them. May a thousand flowers bloom!