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Thousands Flee Into Thailand to Escape Burma Fighting

   Kate Pound Dawson | Bangkok 08 November 2010
   In  this  photo  taken  Tuesday,  June  9, 2009 released by Free Burma
   Rangers,  Karen  villagers  board  a  pickup  truck  as  they flee the
   fighting between Myanmar soldiers and Karen guerrillas into Thailand's
   Tha Song Yag district of Tak province.

Photo: AP

   In  this photo released by Free Burma Rangers, Karen villagers board a
   pickup  truck  as  they flee the fighting between Burmese soldiers and
   Karen guerrillas into Thailand's Tha Song Yag district of Tak province
   in 2009 (FILE).

   Thousands  of  people  have  fled  into  Thailand to escape escalating
   fighting in Burma, a day after the Burma's first election in 20 years.
   On Monday refugees flowed into the Thai town, Mae Sot, just across the
   river from Burma.
   They  are  escaping  fighting  between an ethnic Karen militia and the
   Burmese military, which began Sunday and appeared to escalate Monday.
   VOA  correspondent Daniel Schearf is at a football field being used to
   shelter the refugees.  He described the scene:
   "There  are  hundreds, perhaps as many as 3-4,000 people sitting under
   tents  and  under  trees.  They've  fled  across from Burma ⦠or were
   working in factories along the Thai side of the border," said Schearf.
   Some grenades and gunshots have landed on the Thai side, with at least
   three people reported injured.
   On  Sunday,  Burma  held its first election in 20 years. Supporters of
   the  military  government  are  expected to win most parliament seats.
   Human rights groups and many governments, including the United States,
   condemn the elections as being neither fair nor free.

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