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Burma rebels name new leader

Updated on 15 February 2008

Source PA News

The Karen National Union (KNU), a leading ethnic rebel group in Burma, has named a new leader following the mysterious murder of its chief.

It also vowed to continue its decades-long struggle against the country's military junta.

KNU general secretary Mahn Sha was shot by two gunmen on Thursday at his home in the Thailand border town of Mae Sot, according to Thai police.

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