1,500 Burmese students protest

RANGOON - At least 1,500 Burmese university students staged the second street demonstration in six weeks yesterday when they …

RANGOON - At least 1,500 Burmese university students staged the second street demonstration in six weeks yesterday when they moved a peaceful sit in protest to the streets of Rangoon, witnesses said.

The students, some of whom had taken part in a sit in protest at the Yangon (Rangoon) Institute of Technology earlier yesterday, left the campus and marched three miles to the front gates of Rangoon University.

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