Government and rebel leaders agree preliminary ceasefire to end two years of fighting...Min Zaw Oo, the director of the Myanmar Peace Centre, told the AFP news agency that Kachin and government representatives had signed a seven-point plan, including an agreement to halt hostilities. "The agreement is to stop fighting at this point and afterwards there are going to be detailed discussions about the repositioning of troops," he said on Thursday. The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and President Thein Sein?s government held three days of talks in Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin. Previous rounds of negotiations had been held across the border in China. They also agreed to hold political dialogue, a key demand of the Kachin, who have long argued that negotiations should address their demands for more political rights as well as greater autonomy. The two sides also agreed to hold discussions on resettling people displaced by the fighting and create a joint monitoring team..."