Saturday, October 6

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Burma:
INTERNET BREAKTHROUGH ? (4#) -

# Dathana writes..."Internet open in Burma: Today the government re-open internet access in curfew time only (10:00 pm to 4:00 am local time). So some of the offices and home users can use internet 6 hr/day. But Blogger and blogspot still banned in Myanmar." ::more::

# IFEX update - timestamp Oct 5th - announces the release of Min Zaw, 56, the Burmese correspondent of the Japanese newspaper Tokyo Shimbun. But BOLOs for others.

# IFEX lists links for Saturday Oct 6th.

# "A global day of demonstrations against Myanmar's violent suppression of pro-democracy protests started in Sydney on Saturday, where around 250 people called for a stronger international response." [reuters]

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