61.   Burmese troops are however currently battling with Karen insurgents -- the oldest and most powerful ethnic rebellion -- and their allied Burmese students in eastern jungles.

62.   Burmese troops reportedly began shelling Kawmoora late Sunday.

63.   Burmese troops were moving against the last areas of southeastern Burma held by Karen guerrillas after successful strikes against rebel positions further north, border sources said Monday.

64.   Burmese troops attempting to storm a mountain outpost of Shan separatists loyal to opium warlord Khun Sa have suffered heavy casualties, Thai military-run television reported Monday.

65.   Burmese troops since February have advanced to Shan State, in eastern Burma, after they defeated ethnic Karen rebels to the south.

66.   Earlier the rebels said heavy shelling by Burmese troops had made the camp too costly to defend.

67.   Earlier Monday, Burmese troops besieged and shelled a number of villages along the border where MTA units had retreated.

68.   Ethnic Karen rebels were ordered to pull out of Manerplaw Friday as Burmese troops advanced on their headquarters, Karen and Burmese dissident student sources said.

69.   The Moslems, called Rohingyas, said they were fleeing persecution by Burmese troops, a charge strongly denied in Rangoon.

70.   The new influx of Karen refugees follows the torching of two camps in Thailand earlier this month by a breakaway Karen group apparently with the support of Burmese troops.