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    Burma on the web
    Last Modified: 26 Sep 2007
    By: Channel 4 News


    The pro-democracy protests happening in Burma have captured the attention of the world's media.

    As the international press continue to follow the story, there are also various Burmese bloggers and websites giving their own view of the latest developments from within the country itself.

    Below is a list of web pages in both English and Burmese, where you can view images and read comments about the demonstrations.

    If you know of any other good sites, or you'd like to get in touch, send your picture messages to 0044 (0)7738 11 44 44, or email us here.

    ko-htike.blogspot.com

    Democratic Voice of Burma (English)

    Democratic Voice of Burma (Burmese)

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    mmedwatch.blogspot.com

    niknayman.blogspot.com

    www.myitzima.co.cc

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    hittaing.org

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    rfa.org/burmese

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    tharkinwe.blogspot.com

    publicenemies.blogspot.com

    narinjara.com/burmese

    burmatoday.net

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    yekyawaung.blogspot.com

    phyuphyuthin.blogspot.com

    maydar-wii.blogspot.com

    maynyane.blogspot.com

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    Myanmar junta acknowledges 1 killed, 3 injured in suppression of protests
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    YANGON, Myanmar - At least one person has been killed and three injured in a crackdown on anti-government demonstrators in Myanmar.
    The country's military junta says security forces opened fire as thousands of demonstrators protested today in the heart of Yangon, the country's biggest city.

    The government announcement on state radio and television is the first official verification that force had been used to suppress a month-long string of protests and the first admission that blood had been shed.
    The radio announcement said shots were fired after a crowd of 10,000 people, including "so-called monks," failed to disperse at the city's Sule Pagoda.

    State radio says a 30-year-old man died after being hit by a ricocheting bullet. It says the three injured people were not hurt by gunshots but rather from being caught in a melee.

    Dissident say the casualty count in today's crackdown is higher, with as many as five people killed, including Buddhist monks.

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    I suppose Burma also has no homosexuals whatsoever.

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    more to the point ,

    the junta acknowledged a death .

    puts paid to the US's unconfirmed ......................

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    Cracks Showing in Burma's Junta
    A. Lin Neumann and Daniel Ten Kate 26 September 2007

    Elite officers shaken by monks' rebellion seeking solution amid talk of diplomatic initiative



    Elements of Burma’s ruling junta are saying privately that the worsening crisis in Rangoon is provoking fear and misgiving among the upper echelons of the nation’s military elite. “They refuse to shoot at monks,” said one report received by Asia Sentinel.
    Sources say that foreign diplomats are heading for Rangoon, perhaps on a chartered flight, to seek a way out of the worst crisis the country’s ruling military junta has faced since seizing power in 1988 in a bloody crackdown on democracy protesters.There are signs that a diplomatic initiative to find a solution to the crisis in Burma is underway as splits may be developing in the ruling junta.

    At least some of the ruling junta’s generals are reported to be “in shock” at the uprising of the nation’s revered clerics. With monks in play, the crisis is worse than the junta could have imagined and some military leaders are reportedly deeply worried that the situation may already be out of hand.
    “There is shock that the country is so completely against them,” a source said, adding that at least some elements of the military are looking for a way out of the crisis.
    A source informed Asia Sentinel that some regional commanders have sent word to their superiors that they will not attack monks. They will reportedly guarantee the safety of the monks.

    The wild card in the crisis is the role of Aung Sang Suu Kyi, the Nobel laureate and leader of the opposition National League for Democracy. “The generals hate the lady so much,” a source said. “A different way has to be found. They would rather die than deal with her.

    While she has not had a leading role in the current protests, Aung San Suu Kyi is inevitably a major figure in any protest. With the outside world, especially the United States and the EU, focused on her it would be difficult to imagine a scenario in which she did not play a role. While there are deep divisions within the Burmese opposition, most dissidents are united in their respect for the dedication that has led her to spend most of the last 20 years under house arrest.
    Sources in Rangoon say the crisis could go either way, with some elite officers willing to contemplate change and others willing to spill blood again as they did in 1988. Observers believe there is a split in the powerful army, with at least some senior officers looking for a way to move the country forward.
    One source insisted that changes have begun to be rumored at upper levels of the military but that it is almost impossible to tell what the early shifts mean. For years analysts and diplomats have said that senior officers fear for their own physical safety in any political transition because of the degree of animosity directed against them by the population.

    “If a diplomatic initiative gets back to the monks,” said an analyst. “It will embolden them because they will know there is movement.”
    The diplomatic maneuvering and word of concern in the upper ranks of the military came as the junta went into action Wednesday, arresting and shooting demonstrators at two of the country's holiest shrines and sealing the country off from the outside world as marchers attempted to walk from Shwedagon Pagoda to Sule Pagoda in Rangoon. As many as seven people were reported killed, although the figure could not be confirmed independently.
    The ruling junta slapped a nighttime curfew on Rangoon on Wednesday and declared the entire city a military "restricted" area, after days of mass street protests driven by tens of thousands of Buddhist monks. About 50 monks were arrested and taken away as troops assailed hundreds of demonstrators, beating them and using tear gas on them, according to reports from the scene.

    The violent onslaught sent citizens fleeing in panic and provoked howls of anger as soldiers dispersed crowds.
    After holding back as the peaceful nationwide protests led by Burma's barefoot monks swelled in numbers, the junta’s soldiers stormed the crowds Wednesday in clashes, wielding guns and batons as to break up a march of about 10,000 citizens and monks who were heading to Sule Pagoda, the end-point for the largest anti-junta protests since the junta used mass killings to quash a pro-democracy uprising in 1988. Citing sources at a Rangoon hospital, Reuters reported that one person died of a gunshot wound and five others were also shot and were undergoing treatment. Monks and other people were beaten and hauled into waiting trucks, agencies reported.
    It was also reported the Internet access to the country was being disabled and that steps were taken to limit the use of mobile telephones. Outsiders have been relying on bloggers and others inside the repressive country to provide a steady stream of information since the protests began. It is notoriously difficult for journalists to enter the country.

    Marchers chanting Buddhist prayers defied an order that restricted gatherings in Rangoon to no more than five people. Monks urged people to protect stand back and allow the clerics to absorb the brunt of the struggle. On Tuesday night, the first in which the military enforced a curfew, security forces snatched more than a dozen student activists and popular figures, including comedians, poets and actors, from their homes.
    Many Burmese expected Wednesday's crackdown, as the protests that began last month when authorities increased fuel prices quickly escalated after junta forces used violence against monks. As thousands hit the streets, the military faced a dilemma: crack down on the monks and risk an escalation of the conflict, or do nothing and make average citizens more confident to join the marches.

    "For the Burmese, the use of force is not surprising," said Khin Ohmar, head of the Asia-Pacific People's Partnership for Burma, an umbrella group of NGOs. "It was just a matter of time. Living under this regime, people know what to expect."

    Khin Omar, who said a girl was shot and wounded on the corner of 34th street and Mahabandoola Road in Rangoon, called on countries around the world to speak out.
    "We really need the international community to take immediate action against the regime," she said. "People will continue to defy the orders and take on the violence. Hopefully the international community won't just sit at the UN General Assembly while another killing field takes place."
    The junta, headed by General Than Shwe, is despised by its people and deplored by much of the world. Its lifeline appears to be solid economic ties with China and India. China has encouraged "national reconciliation" but said little else.

    "The response by the Chinese Foreign Ministry was lame and unconstructive," said Dave Mathieson, a Burma consultant with Human Rights Watch. "The support the Chinese are giving to the SPDC [State Peace and Development Council] is just selfish so they can maintain access to raw materials and trade."
    The US and Britain reacted strongly against the regime. On Tuesday, US President George W. Bush announced that the US would tighten sanctions against Burma.
    After reports of shooting surfaced on Wednesday, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called for a meeting of the UN Security Council.
    "The whole issue of sanctions is going to take on a new dimension," Brown said, according to the BBC. "I hope the whole world will make its views known and will make the Burmese regime realize it is not only unacceptable, but they will be held to account in the eyes of the whole world."
    The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) on Wednesday released a letter from a prominent abbot at an urban monastery in Rangoon addressed to Than Shwe that calls on the military regime "to restore the people's power to its original owner."

    U Thangara Linkara, abbot of the Dhamma Yeiktha Monastery in Rangoon, wrote: "The root cause is power. Those individuals who temporarily held the people's power on behalf of the people have prolonged [their hold on power] for their own purposes for over 60 years. The original owners of power, the people, have been made innocent victims: more and more repressed and poor and impoverished. In fact, the people's power should be in the people's hands, so that people can live comfortably and free from difficulty."
    With Wednesday's crackdown, it now becomes a waiting game to see if Burma’s unarmed monks and citizens will continue to defy the regime’s guns. As the junta proved again yesterday, protestors could easily pay with their lives.

    "The bravery of the demonstrators is astounding because they know just how violently the government can react," said Mathieson of Human Rights Watch. "They know that whenever they go out on the streets they could be shot to death."
    Many analysts are wary about speculating on what will happen next, saying it largely depends on just how much the latest violent crackdown will deter the citizenry from showing dissent. But regardless of how many people show up on the streets in the coming days, the root causes of the discontent remain and will only fester over time.
    "There is the possibility the numbers may drop, but then again thousands still defied the junta today," Khin Ohmar said. "If the numbers drop, that doesn't mean the movement will be stopping anytime soon."

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    Maybe time for some nation to offer amnesty to these dinosaurs? Let them escape with billions in the bank, but before further bloodletting.

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    Burma military arrests monks in midnight raids
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    Yangon - Burma's military regime rounded up more than a hundred monks in raids of Yangon temples after midnight and stationed hundreds of troops at key sites in the former capital in preparation for more protests Thursday.

    Informed sources said authorities raided several temples early Thursday morning and rounded up an unknown number of monks in an effort to prevent more protest marches on Thursday.

    Barricades and troops were in place Thursday morning at key sites in Rangoon, including the Shwedagon and Sule pagodas and Bogyoke Street, the main rallying spots for the past nine days of monk-led protests in the city.

    The military finally cracked down on the monks' barefoot rebellion on Wednesday, beating back monks and their laymen followers from the Shwedagon and Sule pagoda and firing warning shots at the crowds, numbering in the thousands.

    The government has claimed that only one person died in the melee and two were injured. Other sources said as many as five died, including monks, and more than 100 were injured.

    It was still unclear Thursday morning whether the monks would take to the streets for a tenth day. Past protests have started about noon, after the monks have taken food and started their midday fast.

    There have been reports of similar monk-led protests taking place in other Burma cities such as Mandalay and Sittwe.
    Burma's monks, said to number 400,000, have a long history of political activism. The monkhood played a pivotal role in Burma's independence struggle from Great Britain in 1947 and the anti-military demonstrations of 1988, that ended in bloodshed. (dpa)

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    No outright condemnation from UN after soldiers kill monks in Burma
    GERRI PEEV AND AUNG HLA TUN IN RAGOON

    THE UN Security Council last night pressed Burma's leaders to permit a special UN envoy to visit the south-east Asian country as they urged "utmost restraint" be shown towards peaceful protesters.

    The divided 15-member body stopped short of issuing a formal statement of condemnation as the United States and European Union did earlier yesterday.

    The US and the 27 member states of the EU want the council to consider sanctions and demanded that the junta open a dialogue with the jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and ethnic minorities.
    China and Russia, which have friendly relations with the Burmese authorities, have so far blocked any UN sanctions.

    Last night, China made its opposition clear. "We believe that sanctions are not helpful for the situation," Wang Guangya, its UN ambassador said after the emergency council meeting.

    The council have proposed sending the UN under-secretary-general, Ibrahim Gambari, to Burma.

    Speaking after the meeting, France's ambassador, Jean- Maurice Ripert, this month's council president, said the council underlined "the importance that Mr Gambari be received in Burma as soon as possible".

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    Crackdown begins in Myanmar
    27-Sep-07

    EVEN as this article is being written, the Myanmar junta has begun a crackdown on monks and pro-democracy activists on the ninth day of their mass protests against the military regime. According to news reports, security forces fired tear gas and warning shots and beat protesters in the streets. Witnesses report seeing dozens of people being hauled away by police. But the protesters, including the monks, are defying the curfew order and continuing the march in the biggest show of dissent since the 1988 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. AFP reports that the crowd roared approval for the monks and shouted at security forces: "You are fools! You are fools!"

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    Some 100 protesters gather in front of Burmese embassy in Bangkok
    September 27, 2007 : Last updated 11:40 am

    Some 100 people gather in front of the Burmese Embassy in Bangkok on Thursday to protest Burma's violent crackdown on peaceful protesters on Wednesday.

    The group issued a statement, demanding for the Burmese government to free Aung San Suu Kyi who has been put under house arrest for years.

    The statement also called for the Burmese military junta to respect human rights freedom and freedom of expression of the monks and people who joined the protest.

    The noisy protesters also called for the Burmese government to restore democracy to the country and the people.

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    Sydney protesters rally for democracy in Burma
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    About 150 people calling for democracy in Burma have marched through the streets of Sydney and have held a rally outside the office of the Prime Minister John Howard.

    The rally organised by the Australian Coalition for Democracy in Burma chanted 'free Burma' as they walked from Martin Place to Mr Howard's office.

    The group earlier heard from a number of speakers concerned at the military crackdown in Burma.

    The protesters want the Federal Government to take stronger action against the Burmese military regime, including imposing targeted sanctions and downgrading diplomatic relations between the two countries.

    One of the organisers, and past student activist during the 1988 uprising in Burma, Maung Maung Than, says he is concerned at the low level of attention the struggling nation receives.

    "The way we react to other international crisis like East Timor for example or Zimbabwe get a lot more attention than Burma," he said.

    "But the Burmese crisis is very serious at the moment so there should be a lot stronger reaction."

    The group has given a letter addressed to the Prime Minister to security guards at Mr Howard's office, in which they outline a number of their concerns.

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    World reacts to Myanmar crackdown
    updated 26 minutes ago


    CNN) -- The following are reactions to the demonstrations being staged across the secretive Asian nation of Myanmar by thousands of Buddhist monks and citizens in protest of the military regime, which seized power in 1962.

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    U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia Christopher Hill
    "I think we all need to agree on the fact that the Burmese government has got to stop thinking that this can be solved by police and military and start thinking about the need for some genuine reconciliation with the broad spectrum of political activists in the country.
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    U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
    "In response to (the) deteriorating situation in Myanmar, the secretary-general is urgently dispatching his special envoy, Ibrahim Gambari, to the region.
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    Joint European Union-United States statement
    "We are deeply troubled by reports that security forces have fired on and attacked peaceful demonstrators and arrested many Buddhist monks and others. We condemn all violence against peaceful demonstrators and remind the country's leaders of their personal responsibility for their actions.
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    Myanmar Brig. Gen. Thura Myint Maung
    Maung -- who says the monks make up only 2 percent of the country's populace -- has asked senior monks to rein in the protests that have gripped the country. If the protests don't end, he said, the army would be forced to act according to its own regulations.
    British Prime Minister Gordon Brown
    Speaking at a Labour Party conference on Wednesday, Brown called for a United Nations envoy to be sent to the troubled country to monitor the situation there. He also underscored any trampling of human rights would not be accepted.
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    U.S. President George W. Bush
    Speaking to the U.N. General Assembly's annual session on Tuesday, Bush said his administration will impose stiffer sanctions against the country's military regime.
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    U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
    "The regime has reacted brutally to people who were simply protesting peacefully, and I understand that the special representative of the secretary general wants to go to Burma. He should be allowed to go. He should be given a visa immediately. He should be able to see opposition leaders, including Aung San Suu Kyi, while he is there.
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    French President Nicolas Sarkozy
    "I'm deeply concerned about the situation in Burma and Myanmar, and I would like to appeal for the peaceful, spontaneous demonstrations, which are expressing just political and social concerns that they not be repressed by force in any way."
    Soe Aung, National Council of the Union of Burma spokesman
    "There should be some action -- decisive action -- taken by the international community. At least there should be an urgent meeting of the Security Council level."
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    U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad
    "We are concerned about the situation, particularly now, because we see a worsening of the political situation, and that is affecting the well-being of the people of Burma."
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    Junta steps up crackdown, arrest several monks September 27, 2007
    rotests in Rangoon


    (Burmese Standard time)

    11:10 a.m
    Junta says a man died and three others were injured during a crackdown on protesters yesterday.
    However, AFP citing an official, said three people died during the brutal crackdown on demonstrators.

    11:00 a.m.
    Junta steps up efforts to divert attention on protest
    Rumours have spread that the Burmese military junta is hiring thugs to dress like Buddhist monks with orders to destroy Muslim mosques, in an attempt to foment religious riots between the Muslim and Buddhist communities.

    10:50 a.m.
    Junta accusses monks of being extortionists
    Burmese junta's mouthpiece, the New Light of Myanmar said today protesting monks on Tuesday went from house to house in each township in Rangoon and demanded cash "like extortionists".
    The paper does not name the monks, the place and time of extortion but merely states that the monks demanded cash and alms from families, who cannot join the protest.

    10:40 a.m
    Burma Army raids Ngwe Kya Yan Monastery, arrest monksSeveral Monks from Ngwe Kya Yan monastery in South Okklapah township of Rangoon were arrested during an overnight raid by the Burma Army troops. The officials, reportedly, cut-off the telephone connection of the monastery.

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    Security Council issues statement of concern

    Sep 27, 2007 (DVB)–The United Nations Security Council has issued a statement of concern about the violent response to demonstrations in Rangoon yesterday, according to press reports.
    “Members of the council have expressed their concern vis-à-vis the situation, and have urged restraint, especially from the government of Myanmar,” the statement said.

    The statement also said that the Security Council members welcomed UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s decision to send Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari to the region and asked that Gambari be granted entry to Burma.

    This follows a statement issued by the Secretary-General earlier yesterday, announcing the urgent dispatch of Gambari to region. The Secretary-General called on the Burmese leadership to cooperate with the mission “in order to take advantage of the willingness of the United Nations to assist in the process of national reconciliation through dialogue”.

    The Secretary-General also reiterated calls on authorities to “exercise utmost restraint towards the peaceful demonstrations taking place, as [the use of force] can only undermine the prospects for peace, prosperity and stability in Myanmar”.

    Reporting by DVB

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    Local Burmese nationals join in protest against military regime
    COREY ROBINSON, Observer writer
    Thursday, September 27, 2007


    A handful of Burmese nationals yesterday took to the streets of Kingston in support of their fellow countrymen who have been protesting in that South-east Asian country against military dictatorship for the past eight days.

    The placard-bearing protestors stood outside the Chinese Embassy on Seaview Avenue in the scorching morning sun before moving on to the United Nations office on Lady Musgrave Road and the Seymour Road-based Indian High Commission to continue their protest.

    Organised by Dr Soe Naung, who works as a medical doctor here, the protestors called for an end to China's support of the military regime.

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    Junta deaf to British warning
    Posted to the web on: 27 September 2007


    LONDON — Britain’s ambassador to Burma said yesterday he had achieved “no meeting of minds” with the military junta in “difficult” talks with them.
    Britain is the reclusive state’s former colonial power.

    Interviewed by Britain’s Sky News television, ambassador Mark Canning said he travelled 800km from Rangoon to Burma’s new capital, Naypyidaw, for talks with the junta on Tuesday.

    Canning warned the military leaders of the failure to “really take on board the views of the opposition … and the ethnic nationalities in Burma” and that the UK deplored violence, but said the message fell on deaf ears.

    He described the meetings as “up and down…. One of the meetings was quite difficult, as you can imagine,” he said. “There wasn’t a meeting of minds.”

    The ambassador said he had urged the junta to understand there were “deep-seated economic hardships”, as well as “deep political frustrations” driving what he said were completely peaceful demonstrations. Sapa-AFP

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    Yangon residents defiant, but fearful

    Thu Sep 27, 2007 11:36am IST

    YANGON (Reuters) - The normally bustling teahouses of Myanmar's main city were hushed on Thursday as soldiers readied barbed wire barricades and fire trucks to counter more expected protests against the military junta.

    Just a few blocks from Yangon's Sule Pagoda, where soldiers fired warning shots over the heads of thousands of angry civilians and monks on Wednesday, men and women huddled at small plastic tables bracing for another day of violence.

    "It will be dangerous," one elderly mother-of-nine murmured, the bangles on her wrists tinkling as she reached for another cigarette. "It's good, but dangerous."

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    Foreign media publishing 'lies' - Burma
    Last Updated: 27/09/2007 07:26


    Burma's generals accused the foreign media today of publishing a "skyful of lies" about a crackdown on anti-junta protests in which Buddhist monks say five of their ranks were killed.

    "Certain western media and anti-government media are broadcasting leading news stories and distorted news stories to stir up the mass protests," the official New Light of Myanmar newspaper said in an editorial.

    The majority of the people who want to lead a peaceful life and are in favour of transition to democracy in a smooth way are gradually suffering from the evil consequences of the protests

    New Light of Myanmar editorial

    "Now, the majority of the people who want to lead a peaceful life and are in favour of transition to democracy in a smooth way are gradually suffering from the evil consequences of the protests," it continued.


    Today, as Rangoon braced for repeats of the biggest protests against the military junta since troops killed an estimated 3,000 protesters in 1988, the New Light's main front-page story was about the appearance of the full moon.

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    Mizzima News (Specializing News of Burma)

    (Burmese Standard time)
    12:55 p.m
    All the streets surrounding the Sule Pagoda in the heart of Rangoon have been blocked with barbwire barricades.

    12:45 p.m
    A group of protesters led by monks are marching on Anawrattha Street. Thousands of people are seen following the monks. Security forces are also closing in and are nearing the demonstrators.

    12:34 a.m
    Despite government offices remaining open, employees have been restricted from going outside during office hours. However, most private offices, shops and schools are closed. Public buses in Rangoon has noticeably been reduced, residents said,

    11:55 a.m
    Preparation in Sule

    Soldiers and security forces came out of the City Hall near Sule pagoda in downtown Rangoon and blocked the road. After ordering civilians near the area to clear off, the soldiers, in straight lines, were seen marching. At least 12 army trucks and 7 fire engines are parked near the Sule park, opposite the City Hall.

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    Warning shots fired at protesters
    From correspondents in Rangoon | September 27, 2007

    WARNING shots have been fired as skirmishes broke out at rallies in several locations around Rangoon today, while more than 10,000 people faced off against police in the city centre, reports from the scene have said.

    Security forces clashed with protesters in at least three locations in eastern Rangoon, after hundreds of people rushed to protect monks who were being hauled away, witnesses have said.

    In what appeared to be an attempt to stifle fresh demonstrations by preventing monks from reaching central Rangoon, at least six truckloads of Buddhist clergy were seen being driven from their monasteries, they have said.

    The witnesses said there were hundreds of demonstrators in each location and that police had threatened to open fire if they failed to disperse.
    The biggest flare-up was at the central market in the outlying township of Iankin.

    In the city centre, the focus of a bloody crackdown yesterday that left at least four people dead and 100 injured, protesters returned to streets surrounding the iconic Sule Pagoda.

    Clapping their hands and singing the national anthem, they faced off against some 50 armed police and soldiers who blocked their path, witnesses said.

    "General Aung San would never order the military to kill the people," they yelled, referring to Burma's late independence hero and the father of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.

    The crowd also chanted: "May we be free of all dangers, may we be free of poverty, may there be peace in hearts and minds." The crowd was mostly made up of young people and students along with a handful of monks, correspondents at the scene have said.

    Security forces have sealed off the Sule Pagoda, a key rallying point in recent anti-government protests led by Buddhist monks and the Shwedagon Pagoda, the country's most important shrine, were sealed off by security forces.

    Military trucks were seen riding through Rangoon and plainclothes police and militia were patrolling the streets.

    Most shops and businesses had closed their doors after security forces used batons, warning shots and tear gas yesterday to try to break up protesters who regrouped and carried on with their rallies throughout the day.

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    Security forces are positioned about 10 feet inside and the protesters stood at least 10 feet beyond the barbed wires.

    Burmese business tycoon Tayza-owned 'Myanmar Shopping Mall' near Sule Pagoda remained close.

    Security forces were seen guarding the mall.

    Only the AA Pharmacy was open, while the rest of the shops on the street up to the Myanmar Insurance Office remained closed.

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    Warning shots fired at protesters
    From correspondents in Rangoon
    September 27, 2007 04:46pm


    WARNING shots have been fired as skirmishes broke out at rallies in several locations around Rangoon today, while more than 10,000 people faced off against police in the city centre, reports from the scene have said.

    Security forces clashed with protesters in at least three locations in eastern Rangoon, after hundreds of people rushed to protect monks who were being hauled away, witnesses have said.

    In what appeared to be an attempt to stifle fresh demonstrations by preventing monks from reaching central Rangoon, at least six truckloads of Buddhist clergy were seen being driven from their monasteries, they have said.

    The witnesses said there were hundreds of demonstrators in each location and that police had threatened to open fire if they failed to disperse.
    The biggest flare-up was at the central market in the outlying township of Iankin.

    In the city centre, the focus of a bloody crackdown yesterday that left at least four people dead and 100 injured, protesters returned to streets surrounding the iconic Sule Pagoda.

    Clapping their hands and singing the national anthem, they faced off against some 50 armed police and soldiers who blocked their path, witnesses said.

    "General Aung San would never order the military to kill the people," they yelled, referring to Burma's late independence hero and the father of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.

    The crowd also chanted: "May we be free of all dangers, may we be free of poverty, may there be peace in hearts and minds." The crowd was mostly made up of young people and students along with a handful of monks, correspondents at the scene have said.

    Security forces have sealed off the Sule Pagoda, a key rallying point in recent anti-government protests led by Buddhist monks and the Shwedagon Pagoda, the country's most important shrine, were sealed off by security forces.

    Military trucks were seen riding through Rangoon and plainclothes police and militia were patrolling the streets.

    Most shops and businesses had closed their doors after security forces used batons, warning shots and tear gas yesterday to try to break up protesters who regrouped and carried on with their rallies throughout the day.

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    got a news from inside, as below

    2.40 am in Burma. Sept 27 morning.

    Soldiers Beating and capturing in the Ngwe Kyar Yan Monastry of S/ Oakalapa Tsp now.
    People hearing noises from the monastry until.Monks are crying and running arround there.
    Please try to spread to spread this URGENTLY.

    Another friend told me "now army from ygn is changed with the army from chin state so there can b worse condition tomorrow than today and now they entering into the monestries at the mid nite time and arrest the monks by trucks."

    Please ask buddhist people to protact the buddhism for the lowest humiliation and insult by taking security duty in the monastries.


    Another suggestions her! Very importent too!

    As the Junta pointed 86 points to say that protesting monks are not monks but fake. So please also try to find the rules and regulations of a soldier and quote these to say that these soldiers and those who commend them are not soldiers because they break the rule of a good soldier. So please declare publicly that they are terrorist, not soldier. So fight them back.

    Thanks






    This is the pic from yesterday near Sule, a person who have no leg but breave enought to face theis regime


    Blood Line running all through fear
    People sending all food to be shiver...
    Land of blood shed to wrong run tear
    Men of Sun set to be song gun hear.
    !!hey people, you all took our economics
    freedom, you all took our knowledge,
    you all took our children, you all took
    our song of peaceful...
    This is called our Mother Land of 19
    years...

    (Guyzordianry Guyz)

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    Mizzima News (Specializing News of Burma)
    (Burmese Standard time)

    1:30 p.m.

    The situation has become tense in Rangoon's Kanbe Township following the arrest of monks by members of Swan Arrshin and soldiers.

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    The courage of our peacefull people( this is now happening in downtown in YGN 14;10 27.09.07)

    3 men were shooted
    one is already dead
    in Sule there are only people
    they are shooting in the group
    but never run away the people
    NOW


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