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World Service,08 Aug 2013,9 mins

Burma's 1988 Protests

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In August 1988 huge protests demanding an end to military rule in Burma were met with violence. Thousands of people were killed. Photo: Burmese soldiers order crowds of protesters to disperse (Tommaso Villani/AFP/Getty Images)

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