1.   But when Newsweek interviewed him last March, a powerful force of Burmese pro-government troops had begun advancing on Bho Paw Hta.

2.   People at the camp here tell of Burmese troops burning their villages, looting their homes, executing men and raping women.

3.   Photographs in a Bangkok newspaper showed Burmese troops standing by and watching as monks tore up a mosque.

4.   A decade ago, the remote border was too dangerous for Burmese troops.

5.   A spokesman for the Karen National Union said Burmese troops had comprised the majority of the invading force.

6.   A Thai fire brigade was unable to fight the fires because of the presence of Burmese troops, the All Burma Students Democratic Front said.

7.   An overwhelming force of Burmese troops has captured a strategic hill from ethnic Karenni guerrillas, the rebel group said Sunday.

8.   Army Commander Gen. Wimol Wongwanich has ordered the Thai army to retaliate against any Burmese troops crossing into Thailand, Palangkul said.

9.   Burmese troops are accused of rape, random killings and rounding up thousands of people as forced labor.

10.   Burmese troops are forcing hundreds of civilians to act as human shields when attacking insurgents, a human rights group said Friday.