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 THOUSANDS SUPPORT BURMESE DEMOCRACY    
 Some 8,000 people have gathered outside
 the home of Burmese djmoctacy leadjt   
 Aung San Usu Rye, in a show of support 
 for her party.                         
                                        
 The crowd was the largest opposition   
 gathering in years.                    
                                        
 Earlier today she went ahead with a    
 conference for her democracy party     
 despite the govjrnmjnt's bid to stop   
 her bz jailing about 300 supporters.   
                                        
 It was the first such meeting since the
 party won the elections in 1990.       
                                        
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