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Myanmar marks 32nd anniversary of bloody student pro-democracy uprising

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Yangon, Aug 8 (EFE/EPA).- Myanmar on Saturday marked the 32nd anniversary of the pro-democracy student protests that swept the nation in 1988, resulting in the deaths and imprisonment of thousands of people.Several ceremonies across the country commemorated the People Power Movement or 8888 Uprising, named for for the events that peaked on Aug. 8, 1988.The 8888 Uprising began in Mar. 1988 as a student movement in Yangon against the socialist one-party state under dictator General Ne Win who drove his country into poverty.The demonstrators were also denouncing government corruption, economic mismanagement and police brutality.It has only been in recent years that people have been allowed to openly commemorate the 8888 Uprising. (Camera: LYNN BOBO).SHOT LIST: A CEREMONY MARKING THE 32ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE 8888 UPRISING IN YANGON, MYANMAR.

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