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Myanmar Protests Draw Huge Throng

As many as 100,000 anti-government protesters led by a phalanx of Buddhist monks march through Yangon, the largest crowd to demonstrate in Myanmar's biggest city since a 1988 pro-democracy uprising that was brutally crushed by the military. Reporter Emma Larkin speaks with Renee Montagne.

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