wayne haye has been given rare access to one of the armed groups heavily involved in the latest fightingldiers from the myanmar army stand triumphantly on the ridge. their enemy has been pushed deeper into the forest, for now. the people fled when the gunfire started. a new men stayed behind, and they accused the rebels who came here of looting their homes. >> translator: i have never seen this before. in the past there has been fighting, but i haven't seen a situation like this. >> reporter: on this occasion the enemy was the national liberation army. which denies any wrongdoing, and says it is the one under attack. it's a rebel group fighting for control of parts of myanmar's northern state. >> woe are not asking for cessation, we are not asking for independence, we would like to build a real [ inaudible ] in burma, with other national ethmoiditis. >> reporter: their mights are usually against the government, but lately it has been increasingly against a larger force. the tnla wasn't invited to sign a ceasefire agreement with the outgoing government last year. it believes groups that d

wayne haye, al jazeera, northern shan state, myanmar. >> reporter: in the news ahead, five years nown uprising toppled gadhafi, but libya continues to face instability. >>> and in sport nadal advances, but will the former number 1 be back in time for the olympics? details a little bit later. ♪ >> mdma helps with the therapeutic connection. >> exclusive access to the... >> our fears are dancing between us. >> techknows team of experts show you how the miracles of science... >> this is what innovation looks like. >>...can affect and surprise us. >> i feel like we're making an impact. >> awesome. >> techknow, where technology meets humanity. >> only on al jazeera america. ♪ >>> you are on the news hour here at al jazeera. these are your top stories. convoys of aid trucks have started moving into besieged syrian areas. the humanitarian operation follows discussions in damascus with the u.n. special envoy. >>> china has been accused of deploying mistiles on a disputed island in the south china sea. >>> and thousands of people have gathered in an opposition independence protests in the kos

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he's been speaking to wayne hayes in singapore. >> he remained in thailand but remains deeply connected to its politics. after he made his money in telecommunications, he was twice elected prime minister. since the most recent coup in his homeland two years ago, he's been unusually quiet but in an interview with al jazeera, he issued this warning to the generals who govern at present. >> i think the situation will not allow them to enjoy the power that much because the way they run the country, i think they should, you know, like i said, i think being careless about old people will not last long. >> his sister saw large protests on the streets, saying her government was trying to whitewash alleged financial crimes by her brother. the whole event was in fact well straight, he says. >> there were some military camouflage. i think that they plan a coup later. >> planned well before the coup happened, you believe. >> yes. >> well before the protestors hit the streets. >> yes. >> he still refuses to return to thailand. he has a two year jail sentence hanging over him there after he was convi

wayne haye reports from auckland. >> reporter: tony's family has been making wine just outside of new's largest city, auckland for 80 years. this batch will be sent to poland. 60% of their wine is exported, and it's a sector of their business they believe they can grow after the introduction of the trans-pacific partnership. >> it's up to the businesses and us as a winery, to go in there and sell ourselves. sell our product. it makes us more competitive. >> reporter: the deal has been formally negotiated between 12 nations for the past five years. the foundations stretch back to the year 2000 when new zealand and singapore signed a free trade agreement that was later expanded. but it took on a whole new dimension in 2008 when the united states and other countries started talking about widening the agreement. that's when critics say the deal started becoming a deal about big business and control with the u.s. trying to out do china in the region. >> it's a kind of a cold war by proxy. and that's a rel worry, because not only do the corporations who have had special input into this agre

he has been speaking to wayne haye in singapore. >> reporter: for the best part of a decade, this manyed awide from thailand but remained deeply connected to its politics. after he made his money in telecommunications, he was twice elected prime minister on the back of policies that benefited poorer thais. since the most recent coup in his homeland, he has been unusually quiet. [ technical difficulties ] >>> well, you are watch that full interview on al jazeera this saturday. that's on "talk to al jazeera" at 0430 gmt on february 27th. >>> oil industry leaders are meeting in the u.s. state of texas, discussing prices to boost prices. the slump is having a big impact on oil-dependant economies. john hendren joining us live from houston, texas, and you are covering that conference, amongst oil leaders. what kind of strategies are they talking about here? >> reporter: well, they are long-term strategies. they all know there's no short-term fix. oil prices are at about $30 a barrel. what they are talking about now is some kind of freeze -- doing something to halt production, but that's ju

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poor visibility and it is snowing hard in canton and worcester area and wayne county and also holmes county. this is just some hayes and a little -- some haze and light fog. the bulk of the action will be temperatures have not moved much. we are between 30 and 33. the latest future view does bring the snow shield to cleveland and even further west than 4:00 a.m. it looks like the cutoff will be sandusky and norwalk will see light snow. the heavier stuff south and east early morning tomorrow it is going to be coming down in this area. and the new snow forecast, six inches in canton and six 7:00 a.m. and that's around two inches in cleveland and four in akron and four inches in jefferson. one to three overnight in cleveland. we don't move much in temperature. good mix at times with a little rain and sleet. right now i am thinking it is going to be a heavy, wet snow and not much wind with this system. after that it begins to wind down from west to east. by late afternoon nothing but flurries around. so it is a fast-moving system. steady temps around 33 in cleveland and akron canton. a messy commute for sure around the