(1) REACTION TO SHAN INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION MIXED; (2) NEW ZEALAND TRADE UNIONS URGE GOVERNMENT TO SANCTION BURMA; (3) VILLAGERS KILLED BY MON SPLINTER GROUP; (4) 27 CIVILIANS ARRESTED AFTER ONE SOLDIER KILLED, ONE IBJURED IN CLASH WITH YOUTHS IN SITTWE; (5) SHAN ELDERS DECLARE INDEPENDENCE; (6) Burmese workers on strike seek help (In Burmese).