[Assam] CNN should be ashamed of this poor quality report. CNN has the reputation of ‘up to the minute’ reporting across the globe. CNN must place non-south Asian reporters in the region covered in the above report for a meaningful media reporting.

[Bartta Bistar]

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Mapping the strife-torn Northeast**

*http://www.ibnlive.com/news/mapping-the-strifetorn-northeast/23290-3.html*

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*New Delhi:* Most of the armed terrorist groups in the Northeast are
fighting for greater autonomy and in many cases even sovereignty.

Manipur is the hotbed of ethnic conflicts between different tribes that are
fighting for their own space. Peoples' Liberation Army and United National
Liberation Front are the two main insurgent groups.

In Assam, the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) is demanidng a
sovereign state for the Assamese, while the National Democratic Front of
Bodoland is keen to set up a separate autonomous region for ethnic Bodo
people.

In Nagaland, the National Socialist Council of Nagalim is split into two
factions - NCSN(IM) led by Isaac Muivah and NSCN(K) faction led by Khaplang.

Their demands include formation of a greater Nagaland, which goes beyond the
existing state boundries.

Apart from these, insurgent groups are also operating in Tripura, Meghalaya
and Mizoram.
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