Monks from Myanmar march in Cannes Film Festival

30.11.1999 /

<p><a href='http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080519/ap_en_mo/film_cannes_myanmar'><img src='http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080519/capt.eb4a3a358e40433caa32f3bc2880de77.cannes_burma_march_can119.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=oOaRrsAhzTKOV1E9mXNBzQ--' align='left' height='86' width='130' alt='French actress, singer and activist Jane Birkin, centre, amongst Burmese monks and other protesters as they take part in a 'peaceful march to save Burma', during the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Monday, May 19, 2008. The photos held aloft were taken in September and October 2007 during the Burma crackdown on monks. Burmese monks are traveling to Europe to share their personal testimony on the September and October 2007 crackdown in Burma and on the recent Nargis cyclone which devastated the country. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)' border='0' /></a>AP - Five monks from Myanmar marched through the Cannes Film Festival crowd on Monday to demand that the Southeast Asian nation's junta allow foreign aid workers into the country to help cyclone victims.</p><br clear='all'/>

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