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Suu Kyi greets Myanmar protesters

September 23, 2007 00:00:00


YANGON, Sept 22 (Reuters): Buddhist monks were allowed to march past police barricades to the home of detained Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi Saturday as street protests intensified against the ruling military junta.
A witness said armed police stepped aside as the monks approached Yangon's leafy University Avenue which has been blocked off during the past five days of street protests.
Apparently unable to hold her tears, Aung San Suu Kyi came out of the house she has been detained in since 2003 as the monks were let through a roadblock, BBC said.
"The monks just walked past chanting holy scriptures peacefully. I saw Aunty Suu inside the compound," a young man who followed the monks told the news agency.

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