Repressed and mismanaged by a cadre of generals since 1962, Burma erupted last September in the country's largest pro-democracy demonstrations in two decades. But when government troops opened fire into crowds of monks and students and detained thousands in nighttime raids, fear sent people into hiding and swept defiance from the streets.
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Jacob Baynham is a freelance journalist who has spent much of his life in Asia. He is a graduate of the University of Montana School of Journalism, and has filed stories from Afghanistan, Laos, Hong...
