Myanmar anti-junta protests biggest in 20 years
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Tens of thousands of people joined Buddhist monks on marches in Myanmar's former capital on Monday in the biggest demonstration against the ruling generals since they crushed student-led protests nearly 20 years ago.
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100,000 take part in biggest demonstrations for nearly 20 years but fears of crackdown grow.
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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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The small street protests over the last two weeks are the most sustained defiance of the junta in a decade.
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Myanmar's military junta moved swiftly Friday to crush the latest in a series of protests against fuel price hikes, arresting more than 10 activists in front of Yangon City Hall before they could launch any action, witnesses said.
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Myanmar security forces sealed off Yangon's Shwedagon Pagoda on Wednesday, fired tear gas and arrested up to 200 monks trying to get into the shrine, cracking down on the biggest anti-junta protests in nearly 20 years.
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RANGOON, Burma - More than 100 Buddhist monks marched peacefully yesterday in a northern Burma town noted for its defiance of the country's military rulers, the first large protest since the junta violently crushed a wave of antigovernment demonstrations.
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Myanmar security forces raided several Buddhist monasteries on Thursday, arresting hundreds of the monks who have led the biggest protests against military rule in 20 years, witnesses said.
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Soldiers and police fired into crowds of demonstrators in Myanmar's largest city and gave them 10 minutes to clear the streets or be shot on Thursday, with nine people killed in the second day of a crackdown on the largest uprising in 20 years.
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Buddhist nuns joined monks in growing protests against Myanmar's ruling generals on Sunday while the United States denounced the military leadership as brutal.
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RANGOON, Burma, Sept. 24 -- As many as 100,000 protesters led by a phalanx of barefoot monks marched Monday in Burma's largest city in the strongest protests against the repressive government in two decades.
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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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About 100,000 people, led by Buddhist monks, defied Myanmar&#39;s junta Tuesday to stage an anti-government protest in downtown Yangon, witnesses said.
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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.
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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.
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President George W. Bush announced new U.S. sanctions against Myanmar's military rulers on Tuesday and urged other countries to follow suit amid Myanmar's biggest anti-government protests in 20 years.
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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.