Number of Buddhist monks protesting in Myanmar (Burma) has grown to a reported 100,000.

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Protests in BurmaAs demonstrations in Burma gather momentum, Mark Tran looks at the background to the most serious challenge to the junta in decades
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From the BBC:Are others joining in?
In the initial days of the protests, the public did not appear to be involved - commentators suggested that they were too scared of retaliation.
But this has gradually changed as the demonstrations have grown in size.
Footage of one protest showed people lining the route as the monks marched, forming a chain to protect them from any retaliation from soldiers.
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