Myanmar Troops Stage Nighttime Arrests

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YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- After crushing the democracy uprising with guns, Myanmar's junta switched tactics Wednesday, sending troops to drag people from their homes in the middle of the night and letting others know they were marked for arrest.

People living near the Shwedagon Pagoda, Myanmar's most revered shrine and a flash point of unrest during the protests, reported that police swept through several dozen homes about 3 a.m., dragging away many men for questioning.

A U.N. Development Program employee, Myint Nwe Moe, and her husband, brother-in-law and driver were among those taken away by police, the U.N. agency said.

Dozens of Buddhist monks jammed Yangon's main train station after being ordered to vacate their monasteries - centers of the anti-government demonstrations - and told to go back to their hometowns and villages.

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