(6 Oct 2007)

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1. Various of Burma Campaign delegation walking towards British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's residence, 10 Downing Street
2. Burma Campaign delegation going into 10 Downing Street

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3. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown meeting with the Burma campaign delegation

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4. Burma Campaign delegation coming out of 10 Downing Street
5. Close-up of Burma Campaign delegation members outside 10 Downing Street
6. Wide of two Burmese Buddhist monks praying outside 10 Downing Street
7. Close-up of two Burmese Buddhist monks praying
8. Burma Campaign delegation leaving Downing Street, one monk answers question of AP journalist
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Venerable U Uttara, Burmese Buddhist monk:
"I am just requesting British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and we request about we have very big concern for Buddhist monks and the nuns and the lay people in the forced labour camp and also prison or monastery compound and that they don't have a food and medicine."

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10. Wide pan of protest marchers gathered to start march
11. Mid of monks at the protest march
12. Close up of monk at march
13. Wide of march
14. Wide of march with Houses of Parliament in the background
15. Mid of monks at front of march
16. Various of march
17. Monks walking towards gates of Downing Street to tie on robes
18. Wide of monks tying robes to gate
19. Monk waving as he walks past cheering marchers
20. Various of monks gathered on Westminster bridge next to the Houses of Parliament
21. Various on monks dropping petals into the Thames from Westminster bridge

STORYLINE:

A delegation of protesters including Buddhist monks and activists from the Burma Campaign visited British Prime Minister Gordon Brown at his London residence, 10 Downing Street, on Saturday as protests were held in capital cities around the world to call for UN Security Council action on Burma.

Venerable U Uttara, a Burmese Buddhist monk, said they spoke to Brown about the situation in Myanmar following on a crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations.

"We request about we have very big concern for Buddhist monks and the nuns and the lay people in the forced labour camp and also prison or monastery compound and that they don't have a food and medicine," he said.

The rights group Amnesty International organised marches in more than two dozen Asian, European and North American cities.

Amnesty International led the multi-agency protest in London.

Organisers estimated that approximately 5-thousand people took to the streets of British capital to support Burmese monks in their protest against ruling junta.

As the march made its way past Downing Street, monks tied robes to the entrance gates, before making their way to Westminster bridge where they dropped petals into the Thames in a show of solidarity with the people of Burma.

Speaking at the start of a day of global protests against Myanmar's military junta on Saturday, Brown said he wanted tougher EU sanctions, including a ban on future investment in the country, also known as Burma.

Demonstrations that began in mid-August over a fuel price increase swelled into Myanmar's largest anti-government protests in 19 years, inspired largely by the thousands of monks who poured into the streets.

The junta's treatment of the Buddhist monks - who are revered in Myanmar and led the street protests - is a key issue that could further inflame the people of Myanmar and anger soldiers loyal to the military rulers.



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