Anti-government protest in Burma

About a dozen Burmese activists staged a demonstration in downtown Rangoon on Thursday, calling on the government to do something to correct the country's economic and social crisis and eliminate corruption. Onlookers joined in the protest. Riot police stepped in and arrested at least two people.

http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=6758


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