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More clashes near capital

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    Government forces and rebels exchanged heavy fire in the Mutanga district some 5 km west of Bujumbura on Sunday night and Monday morning, news agencies said. Reuters quoted government spokesman Apollinaire Gahungu as saying that five civilians and five rebels were killed in the clashes. "The rebels tried to do something to show they are not finished," Gahungu said, calling Sunday's attack "a suicidal military operation," Reuters
    reported. Meanwhile, Net Press news agency on Monday said 13 civilians were killed by rebels on Friday in the Kayogoro area of Makamba in southeast Burundi.

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