Burmese militants drop arms, flee to China
Posted: August 31, 2009 at 2:17 a.m.
Burmese soldiers man a rooftop on the Burma side as seen from the Chinese border town of Nansan in southwestern China's Yunnan province on Sunday.
Hundreds of ethnic rebels have fled clashes in northeast Burma, surrendering their weapons and uniforms to Chinese border police and crossing to safety after several days of skirmishes with Burmese government troops.
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