One killed as Myanmar troops battle protests
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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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Soldiers fired warning shots in the air to break up hundreds of Buddhist monks protesting in central Myanmar against a massive hike in fuel prices, media reports and a resident said Thursday.
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Military-run Myanmar put on a show of defiance Friday on the 60th anniversary of independence from Britain amid global pressure for reform following the junta's bloody crackdown on dissent.
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Myanmar's junta deployed riot police and fire trucks at potential flashpoints in Yangon on Friday to prevent pro-democracy protests on the 60th anniversary of independence from Britain.
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Two people have been killed in clashes between troops and stone-throwing protesters angered by President Hamid Karzai effectively axing a regional governor.
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One person is killed during angry clashes between police and protesters in South Africa, police say.
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BANGKOK : Six protesters were killed Monday when security forces broke up a demonstration outside a police station in Thailand&#39;s troubled Muslim-majority south, a hospital source said.
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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.
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BANGKOK In a killing that threatens to stoke the violent unrest in southern Thailand, assailants beheaded a Buddhist village leader to avenge 84 Muslims who died in a crackdown by the Thai military last week.
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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.
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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.
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Indian police battled crowds of Muslim demonstrators today after a young protester was killed trying to stop the arrest of a religious leader in the southern city of Hyderabad.
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About 200 Buddhist monks staged a brief demonstration in Myanmar on Friday, the fourth day of protests in the country, witnesses said. A day earlier, nearly 1,000 monks and thousands of citizens marched, the largest challenge in a decade to the iron-fisted junta that rules the nation.
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One person dies and dozens are hurt in Bangladesh as supporters of rival political groups clash during a strike.
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Two people were reported killed in a protest over Afghan President Karzai&#39;s decision to replace a powerful provincial governor.
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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.
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Some dissidents arrested in a fierce crackdown on protests in military-ruled Myanmar have gone on hunger strike over police refusal to treat a protester with a broken leg, an activist said on Friday.