Security tight in Burma on protest anniversary

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Riot police manned the main roads in Burma's biggest city Sunday in an apparent attempt to prevent unrest on the second anniversary of a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. Dozens of police and security officers were also deployed near the Rangoon headquarters of opposition leader

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