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Myanmar: Thousands flee home in Kachin fighting

Written byMong Palatino
Read this post in Español, বাংলা
Posted 23 June 2011 14 years ago

According to the Democratic Voice of Burma, “more than 10,000 ethnic Kachin are now thought to have fled their homes as days of fighting engulfed parts of Burma’s northernmost state.” Pictures of refugee sites have been uploaded online.

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