Myanmar protesters defy crackdown

Reuters
Thursday September 27, 2007

Police tear gas and baton charges have failed to quell the biggest anti-government protests to take place in Myanmar in 20-years

At least three people were killed, including two Buddhist monks, as decades of pent up frustration at almost half a century of miltary rule in the former Burma produced the biggest crowds yet during a month of street protests.

Helen Long reports.