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Myanmar and the World
Monday, October 1, 2007 at 10:00 am

The images out of Burma — out of “Myanmar” — last week were stunning, exotic, inspiring, all over the Internet … and then they were gone.
Red-robed Buddhist monks first padded in single file, cordoned by hand-holding young civilians. Then they marched in the thousands, chanting “democracy,” surrounded by Burmese crowds. Then came beatings and barbed [...]

 
Myanmar’s Defiant Monks
Tuesday, September 25, 2007 at 10:00 am

After warnings of a possible crackdown from Myanmar’s military junta, thousands of monks and other protestors continued to march, demanding an apology for the beating and arrest of monks in a protest several weeks ago, and the rollback of steep fuel price increases.
Guests:
Simon Montlake, East Asia correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor

 
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