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A 19-year-old Swedish woman identified herself as Vanja poses in Karen National Union (KNU) uniform at Wawlaykhee village in Myanmar opposition Thailand's Mae Sot district 370 kilometers (230 miles) northwest of Bangkok Monday, Aug. 12, 2002. Vanja has joined the KNU, the rebel group in Myanmar that is fighting for autonomy in a border region near Thailand. A Thai newspaper reported Tuesday and quoted her as saying that she was moved by the Karen people's "yearning for independence and democracy" intojoining the Karen guerrilla army. (AP Photo/Mary Longmore)



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