Democracy heroine greets monks' protest

The wave of anti-government demonstrations sweeping Burma touched the doorstep of the country's democracy heroine Aung San Suu Kyi today, as Buddhist monks allowed to march past her home today said they were greeted by the detained political leader.

The encounter - described by a monk speaking to a crowd of anti-government protesters and confirmed by several witnesses - ties together a month of rising protests against the ruling military's economic policies with Burma's decades-old uphill struggle for democracy.