One killed as Myanmar troops battle protests
90958
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.
436559
Supporters of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi protested Tuesday to demand democracy in Myanmar, days after the military regime said it would hold elections in 2010 under a new constitution likely to entrench the junta's powerful position.
485579
At least three people were  killed as protests spread in Pakistan's gas-rich Baluchistan  province on Sunday, a day after a popular nationalist rebel  leader was killed fighting government forces.
159352
Nine people are killed in Burma during a violent crackdown on protests against the junta, state media says.
492887
Demonstrators on Tuesday tried to mount a new protest against rising prices, but marched only 30 yards before being beaten and wrestled into waiting trucks by civilians who back Myanmar's military government, witnesses said.
305630
Myanmar&#39;s military junta said on  Wednesday it had used tear gas and fired warning shots to  disperse a crowd of 1,000 Buddhist monks and civilians  protesting in the northwestern coastal city of Sittwe.
755714
Authorities in military-ruled Myanmar fired tear gas on Tuesday to break up a protest of around 1,000 Buddhist monks and civilian demonstrators in the northwestern city of Sittwe, a witness said.
226766
A Thai official says at least 84 people have been killed in clashes between Thai security forces and Muslim protesters in the south of the country.
352901
Thousands of protesters emptied the streets of downtown Yangon on Thursday after Myanmar&#39;s soldiers issued an ultimatum threatening &quot;extreme action&quot; unless the crowd dispersed, witnesses said.
253599
Government troops retaliate violently against protesters in Burma's capital, sealing off streets and firing into crowds
413015
Tens of thousands of people joined  Buddhist monks on marches in Myanmar&#39;s former capital on Monday  in the biggest demonstration against the ruling generals since  they crushed student-led protests nearly 20 years ago.
612697
More than 300 Buddhist monks on Wednesday took to the streets in Myanmar&#39;s main city of Yangon in the latest show of public defiance against the junta, one month after a series of protests began.
48912
Seething crowds of Buddhist monks and civilians filled the streets of Myanmar's main city on Wednesday, defying warning shots, tear gas and baton charges meant to quell the biggest anti-junta protests in 20 years.
191012
MAE SOT, Thailand  - A leader of Myanmar's biggest rebel group was assassinated at his home in the Thai border town of Mae Sot on Thursday, his wife told Reuters.
415247
About 20,000 people led by Buddhist monks demonstrated against Myanmar's military junta Sunday, in what has quickly become the largest anti-government demonstrations since the failed democratic uprising in 1988.
597903
Exclusive: The scene on the streets of Burma's capital was chaotic as security forces cracked down on protesting monks
275527
More than 1,300 Buddhist monks marched in Yangon on Thursday, their largest demonstration in Myanmar&#39;s main city against the junta since they launched a protest movement in force earlier this week.