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Al Jazeera’s Tony Birtley went undercover in Myanmar to report exclusively on the people’s protests and resulting bloody crackdown by Myanmar’s military government, talking to the protesters, filming the bloody crackdown and gauging the mood of the nation.

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Myanmar is a beautiful country with many troubles, read First Person Dispatch from the Burmese-Thai Border to learn more.
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