The radio portion of the interview will be carried live from at 8:30 a.m. EDT in English on www.VOANews.com as well as in Burmese, with simultaneous interpretation on www.VOANews.com/Burmese/.
Television broadcasts of the interview will follow in VOA's other broadcasts including to Afghanistan and Burma.
During the past two weeks, significant numbers of new visitors turned to VOANews.com for the most recent news and information about the protests currently going on in Burma's capital, Rangoon. Average daily visits to the Burmese language Web site have gone from about 4,000 to 12,000 earlier this week.
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