Myanmar’s military has entered a small town in western Chin state which took up arms against them three weeks ago. Activists from the volunteer Chinland Defence Force say they have retreated from Mindat to spare the town further bombardment. Mindat is one of several towns where opponents of the military have armed themselves. Nearly 800 people have died in mainly unarmed protests at February’s coup which ousted the elected government. BBC South East Asia correspondent Jonathan Head says the army now appears to control Mindat. For three weeks they have been fighting against local people armed mainly with homemade hunting guns, and dozens of soldiers are reported to have been killed.(BBC)…[+]