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UNITA rebels claim hundreds killed

    JOHANNESBURG

    The Angolan UNITA rebel movement has claimed that its forces killed 827 government soldiers during clashes in recent days. In a statement issued in Lisbon, carried by news media, UNITA said it had captured two diamond mines in Lunda Norte province.

    It also said UNITA forces had captured arms it could no longer buy from its former allies because of UN sanctions.

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