1.  Even if he is forced out of the field, other Burmese ethnic groups, like the Wa, are expected to fill the void.

2.  He said he did not know whether these involved violent or nonviolent activities, but he said underground Burmese groups were actively working to topple the government.

3.  Last year, Burmese pro-democracy groups in Britain organized a boycott of the Lonely Planet travel guide series after it published a new edition of its guide to Myanmar.

4.  More American companies are severing ties to Myanmar, while those that keep them are coming under sustained pressure from Burmese activist groups.

5.  The Karen National Union joined a virtually unanimous condemnation by Burmese dissident groups of the takeover.

6.  A Burmese insurgent group accused the military regime Tuesday of widening an offensive against ethnic Karen rebels and forcing thousands of civilians to serve as army porters.

7.  Burmese groups resisting the military government are drawing new strength from the sudden release of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.

8.  Meanwhile, Army Chief Gen Chettha Thanajaro said the attacks from minority Burmese groups in Thailand was old news.

9.  Refugees from other Burmese ethnic groups, meanwhile, were still fleeing fighting in their homeland.

10.  The incident, along with a previous cross-border attack by armed Burmese groups, prompted the Foreign Ministry to submitted a protest letter to Burma.