Tuesday, 25. September 2007

Burmese monks defy army warning


Tens of thousands of monks and civilians in Burma's main city Rangoon have defied military warnings and staged new anti-government protests.

Some chanted "we want dialogue", others simply shouted "democracy, democracy".

bbc.co.uk Despatches from the BBC's foreign correspondents. This week Andrew Harding is in Burma, where Buddhist monks have been staging pro-democracy protest marches in the streets of Rangoon. [mp3]

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