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Karen National Union fighters in a pick-up truck during celebrations marking the 66th Karen Revolution Day in eastern Kayin State on January 31, 2015. (AFP)

Myanmar border hub residents flee to Thailand amid gunfire, explosions

Residents of a Myanmar trade hub fled across the border to Thailand on Tuesday amid the sounds of explosions and after an ethnic minority armed group said they had seized a key military base nearby, locals told AFP.

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