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Myanmar child guerrilla Johnny Htoo surrenders

(AP)
Updated: 2006-07-27 08:38
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Myanmar child guerrilla Johnny Htoo surrenders

Johnny Htoo (left) is shown here with his twin brother Luther in a file photo from Dec. 6, 1999, during a meeting with The Associated press at their jungle base in Ka Mar Pa Law, Myanmar. The brothers, then 12, led a small band of ethnic rebels, and became worldwide symbols for child soldiers everywhere. State TV and radio in Myanmar reported Tuesday that Johnny had surrendered to the country's military government.[AP]