Myanmar

Protests Reach 100,000 Mark

As many as 100,000 anti-government protesters led by a phalanx of Buddhist monks marched Monday through Yangon, the largest crowd to demonstrate in Myanmar's biggest city since a 1988 pro-democracy uprising that was brutally crushed by the military.

From the front of the march, witnesses could see a one-mile stretch of eight-lane road was filled with people.

Some participants said there were several hundred thousand marchers in their ranks, but an international aid agency official with employees monitoring the crowd estimated said the size was well over 50,000 and approaching 100,000.
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I've added this blog on the right, something to keep an eye on. Myanmar is under the most brutal regime, and south africa has already snubbed them, something Tutu had lots to say about. Point is, nobody minds a corrupt military leadership, so long as we don't have to hear about it. The techies that side are constantly working to get their story told, via pictures or accounts, but the govt is working equally hard at blocking them. Deadly game of cat and mouse.