Soldiers fire warning shots in Myanmar
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Soldiers fired warning shots Thursday above an estimated crowd of 70,000 anti-government demonstrators defying a crackdown that has drawn international appeals for restraint by Myanmar's ruling junta.
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Burmese soldiers open fire as they attempt to disperse thousands of protesters in the streets of Rangoon.
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Myanmar's generals threatened military force against any demonstrators on Tuesday and parked army trucks at Yangon's Shwedagon Pagoda, the assembly point for monks leading the biggest anti-junta protests in 20 years.
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BANGKOK, Sept. 26 -- After nine days of restraint, Burma's military rulers cracked down on protesting Buddhist monks Wednesday, with security forces firing warning shots, shooting tear gas canisters, swinging truncheons and making scores of arrests to suppress anti-government marchers.
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Troops fired shots over the heads of large crowds in Myanmar's main city on Wednesday, sending people scurrying for cover as a crackdown against the biggest anti-junta protests in 20 years intensified.
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At least nine people were killed in Myanmar on Thursday as the military junta cleared the
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The U.N. Security Council urged Myanmar's military government on Wednesday to exercise restraint toward peaceful protesters and expressed concern at its violent response to demonstrations in the reclusive Asian nation.
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Troops cleared the streets of central Yangon on Thursday, telling protesters they had 10 minutes to go home or be shot, as the Myanmar junta intensified its two-day crackdown on the largest uprising in 20 years.
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President Bush imposed new sanctions Friday to punish Myanmar's military-run government and its backers for a deadly crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.
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THE new Prime Minister of military-ruled Myanmar was behind an attack on opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her convoy last year, the United States charged yesterday, amid calls for UN Security Council action against the South-east Asian nation.
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Up to five people have died and at least 20 injured after security forces in southern Thailand fired shots in the air and used water cannons and tear gas to disperse protestors.
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Myanmar's military government, a target of sharp international criticism for failing to hand over power to a democratically elected government, announced Saturday that it will hold elections in 2010.
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GAUHATI, India Oct. 4, 2004 - Sleeping villagers heard men outside their huts, calling them to come out. They stumbled into the early morning darkness Monday and the intruders began firing automatic weapons, killing six people and wounding seven.
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Military rulers in Burma are bracing themselves for a new day of protests after a dusk-to-dawn curfew passes.
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SEOUL - South Korean patrol boats fired warning shots on Monday to force North Korean navy vessels back over a disputed maritime border, the Southâs military said.
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Without warning, Myanmar's military  junta has ordered a massive 166-fold rise in the annual  satellite television levy in an apparent attempt to stop people  watching dissident and international news broadcasts.
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Government troops retaliate violently against protesters in Burma's capital, sealing off streets and firing into crowds