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Burma students freed after being held over anniversary (BBC)
More than 20 Burmese student leaders detained by the authorities on Friday have been released.
They were held ahead of the anniversary of the suppression of a student movement 50 years ago.
About 300 people met in Rangoon to mark the event despite the detentions and the presence of plain-clothes police.
Activists say the detentions prove that the Burmese military still has repressive tendencies, despite recent reforms.
7 July is the 50th anniversary of the Burmese military's brutal suppression of student demonstrations, just four months after a coup by Gen Ne Win which began almost five decades of repressive rule.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18751203