'Tear gas used' on Burma monks
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Burma's military authorities use tear gas to break up a protest by hundreds of monks, reports say.
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Armed with a laptop, a blogger named Ko Htike has thrust himself into the middle of the violent crackdown against monks and other peaceful demonstrators in his homeland of Myanmar. As many as 40 people in Myanmar are sending him photos or calling him with information, putting their own lives at risk.
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BRUSSELS, Oct 15 (IPS) - Import of gemstones, timber and metal from Burma  have been banned by the European Union in protest against the  violent suppression of protests by Buddhist monks in Rangoon.
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Monks take about 20 troops hostage in a town in Burma, a day after clashes at an anti-government protest.
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Buddhist monks march against government after police used teargas to disperse demonstrators.
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Leading Myanmar activists arrested in a crackdown by ruling generals on a rare series of protests are in the infamous Insein prison, suggesting they may indeed be tried and face 20 years in jail, a relative said on Sunday.
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RANGOON, Burma - Hundreds of defiant monks marched through Rangoon yesterday, walking 10 miles through streets lined with cheering crowds, after being barred from Burma's most important Buddhist temple, witnesses said.
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A Buddhist group claiming to be aiding monks drive an escalating protest movement in Myanmar called Saturday for nationwide prayer vigils in a bid to turn up the heat on the military regime.
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Hundreds of Burmese monks march in Rangoon, in the latest of a series of protests against the government.
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Buddhist nuns joined the growing  protests against Myanmar&#39;s ruling generals on Sunday, a day  after a dramatic appearance by detained democracy icon Aung San  Suu Kyi to pray with monks now leading the marches.
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Buddhist nuns joined the growing protests against Myanmar's ruling generals on Sunday, a day after a dramatic appearance by detained democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi to pray with monks now leading the marches.
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MAE SOT, Thailand - One of the main organizers of the September protest marches in Burma, Ashin Kovida, a 24-year-old Buddhist monk, escaped to Thailand last week by carrying a false identification card, dying his hair blond, and wearing a crucifix.
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Myanmar's junta held nearly 1,200  political prisoners before a crackdown on Buddhist monk-led  street protests last month, according to a report by the U.N.'s  independent expert on human rights in Myanmar.
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RANGOON, Burma, Sept. 23 -- About 20,000 protesters, led by Buddhist monks and nuns, on Sunday mounted the largest anti-government protest in Burma since a failed 1988 democratic uprising. Many in the crowd shouted support for the jailed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Police with riot shields fired warning shots and dispersed a group of monks who had defied a ban on demonstrations.
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BANGKOK, Sept. 27 -- Pursuing their crackdown, Burmese security forces raided a half-dozen monasteries Thursday and fired warning shots to disperse demonstrations led by Buddhist monks demanding an end to military rule.
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Myanmar's junta held nearly 1,200 political prisoners before a crackdown on Buddhist monk-led street protests last month, according to a report by the U.N.'s independent expert on human rights in Myanmar.