On the ground in Yangon - 28 Sep 07

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On the ground in Yangon - 28 Sep 07


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH_ZqfTOrxk&eurl=




http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/focus/display.var.1723477.0.0.php
Could this reviled regime be toppled by the internet?



http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/29/2046840.htm?section=world
Burma death toll 'far greater' than reported: British PM


Defiance: A monk is lifted in the air by a crowd chanting anti-government slogans in Rangoon city centre (Reuters)

Video: Army ramps up anti-protest efforts in Burma (Lateline) Audio: Journalists struggle as Burma internet access cut (PM) Audio: Exiles running website on Burma unrest: editor (PM) Related Story: More Burma protesters arrested as curfew orders ignored Related Story: Dressing down for Burmese diplomat Related Story: Police, protesters clash outside Burmese Embassy Crowds taunted and cursed security forces barricading central Rangoon overnight, as the junta tried to prevent more mass protests against Burma's 45 years of military rule and deepening economic hardship.

Meanwhile British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he feared the true death toll in the country was "far greater" than has been reported so far.

Potentially deadly games of cat and mouse went on for hours around the barbed-wire barriers in a city terrified of a repeat of 1988, when the army killed an estimated 3,000 people in crushing an uprising.

Few Buddhist monks were among the crowds, unlike in previous days, after soldiers ransacked 10 monasteries on Thursday and carted off hundreds inside.


Defying Burma’s Military Rulers
http://www.voanews.com/english/NewsAnalysis/2007-09-28-voa9.cfm



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