Monks keep up protests from prison


	Monks keep up protests from prison

invictus

10-3-2007 6:44 PM

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burma, myanmar, buddhist monks, resistance, democracy

invictus says:

Thanks to Sahara for the source link.

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10-3-2007 11:54 PM

merrie

The story of the Buddhist Monks of Burma MUST stay
front and center in the media. It cannot be allowed to
disappear from the news. The NGO's need to get in
there and sleuth out what's to be done about the
defense of the Burmese citizens and the refugees on
the Thailand border.

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