KEY STORY: • Kachin State: Civilians targeted; • Shan State: Fighting continues; • Karen State: More desertions... INSIDE BURMAp: • Parliamentary 2nd sessions; • Reshuffles and purges; • 8888 commemorated; • Daw Suu on Myitsone dam; • Daw Suu steps up activities... HUMAN RIGHTS: • Arbitrary imprisonment; • Ojea Quintana?s visit; • Regime denies HR abuses... DISPLACEMENT: • Regime blocks aid to IDPs... INTERNATIONAL: • US concerned over rapes; • Int?l cautious optimism. ECONOMY: • Regime tax cuts insufficient... OTHER BURMA NEWS... REPORTS