"Five civilians, including two children, were killed in northeastern Myanmar Saturday when artillery hit a village amid talks between rebel groups and the government to end the conflict. Heavy fighting broke out for more than six hours between Myanmar’s military and the Northern Alliance rebel coalition near the town of Kutkai in the northern Shan state early on Saturday, according to local media reports and activists. The Radio Free Asia Burmese service reported artillery shells landed in the village of Mawhit, killing three women and two children. It added that three others were injured and taken to hospital in Lashio, the capital of northern Shan. Lwan Nyel, vice-chair of the Kachin Literature and Culture Association in Shan state, told Anadolu Agency that three shells hit Mawhit..."