Nuns swell Burma protests

Buddhist nuns swelled the forces of anti-government protesters in Burma as up to 20,000 people took to the streets.

Buddhist nuns swelled the forces of anti-government protesters in Burma as up to 20,000 people took to the streets.

A march in Rangoon's streets, including about 10,000 monks and at least 100 white-robed nuns, was the country's largest anti-government protest since a failed democratic uprising in 1988.

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