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Darfur rebels say leader was killed in air strike

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"We, the Justice and Equality Movement, announce to the Sudanese nation that the leader of the movement and the commander of its troops, Khalil Ibrahim Mohammed, was killed on December 23 at 3:00 am," London-based rebel spokesman Gibril Adam Bilal told AFP.

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