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Fighting For Pao Culture In Burma

This is the story of a rebel leader and his band of one hundred men who are fighting back against the might of the Burmese Army.

For more than 20 years, the Burmese government has been working to maintain ceasefire agreements with 17 major armed rebel groups, but now it is facing a fight back from one of them - why?

Ko Ko Aung, from the BBC's Burmese Service, travelled to Burma to find out why Khun Thurein, with his army of just 100 men, is taking on the 400,000 strong Burmese army.

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25 minutes

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Sun 23 Aug 200914:05GMT

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