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In shadow of Olympics, Myanmar mourns failed '88 uprising

Wed, 2008-08-06 02:48 — Robyn

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

BANGKOK (AFP) - As China celebrates the start of the Olympics on Friday with much fanfare, activists in neighbouring Myanmar will silently mourn the bloody end of an uprising that crushed their dreams of democracy 20 years ago.

In August 1988, cities and villages across the country then known as Burma were bursting with optimism.

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