Monday, May 26th 2008
Two men walking across the country stopped in the Quad Cities on Monday. Athein and Zaw Htwe are walking 3000 miles, for peace and freedom in Burma. They say they left Portland March 1st, and will arrive in New York in early August. They say they are collecting signatures for their cause, and want to talk to U-N leaders. "The military goverment arrest and torture people every day. So nobody knows. That's why we walking, awareness to people. Please help to get peace and freedom for Burma," said Zaw Htwe. Burma is also known as Myanmar. The country is still reeling from a major cyclone. That country's government says the storm killed 22,000 people. Independent organizations fear that number is closer to 100,000.
Two men walking across the country stopped in the Quad Cities on Monday. Athein and Zaw Htwe are walking 3000 miles, for peace and freedom in Burma. They say they left Portland March 1st, and will arrive in New York in early August. They say they are collecting signatures for their cause, and want to talk to U-N leaders. "The military goverment arrest and torture people every day. So nobody knows. That's why we walking, awareness to people. Please help to get peace and freedom for Burma," said Zaw Htwe. Burma is also known as Myanmar. The country is still reeling from a major cyclone. That country's government says the storm killed 22,000 people. Independent organizations fear that number is closer to 100,000.
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