Myanmar monasteries raided as world pleads for calm

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: Reuters

Protesters returned to the streets of central Yangon on Thursday, undeterred by reports of security forces killing several monks as Myanmar's generals tried to end the biggest anti-military uprising in nearly 20 years.

People gathered around four monks standing on a traffic island in the middle of a four-lane highway leading to Sule Pagoda -- the end-point of mass demonstrations this week and now locked.

More than 1,000 people surrounded them as riot police watched from behind their shields, witnesses said.
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People living near Yangon monasteries, the revered moral centre of the Buddhist nation, reported that at least 500 monks were taken away in army trucks.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSB58859920070927

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BBC Radio reports that at least one person was shot in the protests today.

[DRoseDARs]

1. When even China asks you to tone down your crackdown, you're probably getting a little carried away.

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[muriel_volestrangler]

2. Nine killed in Burmese crackdown

Nine people have been killed amid a crackdown on anti-government protesters in Burma's main city of Rangoon, state television has reported.

The dead included eight protesters and a Japanese man identified by Japan's APF News as a video journalist.

Eleven demonstrators and 31 soldiers were injured, state media said.

The clashes came on the 10th day of demonstrations against Burma's military rulers led by the country's Buddhist monks. Hundreds have been arrested.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7016608.stm