Burmese Rebels Clash
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BANGKOK, Thailand — Two Burmese rebel groups battling over the right to tax smugglers left hundreds killed or wounded in 11 days of fierce fighting near the Thai border, officials said Wednesday.
Two Thai provincial officials said the fighting began July 23, when hundreds of Karen rebels pounded Mon rebels at the village of Ban Chedi, about 175 miles northwest of Bangkok, with mortars and rocket-propelled grenades.
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