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BBC-Burmese students takes exams



Tuesday, August 18, 1998 Published at 11:59 GMT 12:59 UK 

Burmese students takes exams 

Thousands of university students in Burma have begun taking their final
exams nearly two years after the government ordered the closure of colleges
in Rangoon and Mandalay. 

Reports from Rangoon say the examinations are being held in the students'
home towns rather than on the university campuses. 

No security forces were visible at the test sites, but correspondents say
the authorities remain nervous about the possibility of political unrest
whenever students gather. 



>From the newsroom of the BBC World Service