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Sat 08 Aug 2008Burmese 'grateful' for Irish support
BURMA IS known as "the Ireland of Asia" because of its history of opposing British rule, and it was very grateful to the Irish people who have always been supportive of democratic movements in the country, pro-democracy activist Aung San Phyo said in Dublin yesterday.
He was speaking at a rally by Burma Action Ireland opposite the GPO on O'Connell Street, which was organised to mark the 20th anniversary of a massacre of over 3,000 protesting students in Burma on 8-08-88 (August 8th, 1988). The rally was also timed to coincide with the Olympics opening ceremonies in Beijing yesterday. China has been supportive of the junta in Burma.
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