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Myanmar signs cease-fire with rebel group; Suu Kyi joins elections

CNN Wire Staff

Updated 7:24 AM EST,
Thu January 12, 2012

President Thein Sein's government has signed a peace deal with the Karen National Liberation Army.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Aung San Suu Kyi's party says it will enter 23 candidates in upcoming elections

The cease-fire announcement is an apparent bid to resolve a decades-long conflict

Myanmar has historically blamed the KNU for waging attacks to destabilize the military junta

The Karen ethnic minority make up about 7% of the population, the CIA says

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