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May 8, 2009 | permalink |



The answer to today's Geo Quiz is Lake Inya, a scenic lake in the Burmese/Myanmar city of Yangon. An American was detained today by Burmese police under suspicion of swimming across the lake to enter the compound of the pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.

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Anchor Marco Werman gets details from Tin Htar Swe, head of the BBC's Burmese service speaking about the arrest of an American in the Burmese city of Rangoon or Yangon after swimming across Lake Inya, that's the answer to today's Geo Quiz.




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