An electronic newsletter for social justice and freedom in Burma... January 6-23, 2004... Best wishes for a very happy Year of the Monkey!... READER?S FRONT; VILLAGERS TORTURED FOR NOT SPEAKING BURMESE; PRO RANGOON TROOPS CLASH DURING CEASE-FIRE TALKS; ETHNIC CONFLICT TARGETED AT BURMA DONOR FORUM; CHOLERA SPREADS ALONG THE BORDER; MON DANCE GAINS POPULARITY ON THAI SOIL; JUNTA DESTROYS CORN CROPS IN MUDON; DKBA SMUGGLING BUSINESS; JUNTA HOLDS HISTORIC PEACE TALKS WITH KAREN; MONKS ARRESETED FOR CURFEW VIOLATIONS; A LAND WITHOUT EVIL: NEW BOOK ON BURMA.