Buddhist Monks Return To Streets In Burma


	Buddhist Monks Return To Streets In Burma

merrie

11-1-2007 9:14 AM

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buddhist, monks, burma, frustration, gambari, democratic reforms

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Hundreds remain in jail, according to diplomats, although the junta on Wednesday released seven people, including members of Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition National League for Democracy (NLD)

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for the first time since the junta's deadly crackdown on
anti-government protests last month, witnesses said</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/burmese-monks-march-as-un-envoy-prepares-return-visit/2007/11/01/1193619008687.html?sssdmh=dm16.286821">The monks marched for about 30 minutes in the town of Pakokku,
the scene of one of the most serious confrontations with the
military as mass street rallies escalated towards their bloody
conclusion, which left 13 people dead</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/burmese-monks-march-as-un-envoy-prepares-return-visit/2007/11/01/1193619008687.html?sssdmh=dm16.286821"><P>Today's march in Pakokku was not openly political, with
witnesses saying the monks refrained from shouting any slogans.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/burmese-monks-march-as-un-envoy-prepares-return-visit/2007/11/01/1193619008687.html?sssdmh=dm16.286821"><P>Still, it showed "the sense of frustration and resentment has
not disappeared" following last month's crackdown, which saw
thousands of monks and pro-democracy activists detained, a Western
diplomat in Rangoon told AFP.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/burmese-monks-march-as-un-envoy-prepares-return-visit/2007/11/01/1193619008687.html?sssdmh=dm16.286821"><P>As the monks returned to the streets, a Western diplomat and an
official said Gambari would return to Burma at the weekend for his
second visit in a month in a bid to put pressure on the junta to
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