Nine killed as Myanmar cracks down on protests
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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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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.
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Myanmar soldiers and police cracked down hard on the biggest protests against military rule in 20 years, sealing off the Shwedagon Pagoda, firing tear gas and arresting up to 200 monks on Wednesday.
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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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Burma's military rulers try to stop the flow of information to and from the country as a crackdown on anti-government protests continues.
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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.
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Bangkok (VNA) - The Thai police said violence has killed at least 10 people, including nine Buddhists and one Muslim, over the past two days.
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Government forces are cracking down on protesters in the wake of Thursday's controversial vote.
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At least nine people were killed in Myanmar on Thursday as the military junta cleared the
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Security forces swept through Myanmar&#39;s main city Thursday, arresting hundreds of people and firing warning shots as they intensified a violent crackdown on anti-government demonstrators.
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The death toll from a democracy crackdown ordered by Myanmar's ruling junta was much greater than U.N. estimates and scores of people were still missing, activists just back from the reclusive country said on Friday.
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The Myanmar junta poured troops and police armed with rifles into central Yangon on Tuesday in an attempt to end the biggest demonstrations against military rule in nearly 20 years.
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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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Crowds taunted soldiers and police who barricaded central Yangon on Friday to prevent more mass protests against Myanmar's 45 years of military rule and deepening economic hardship.
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Burmese police beat protesters including monks at a pagoda at the heart of anti-junta unrest, reports say.
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The death toll from a democracy  crackdown ordered by Myanmar's ruling junta was much greater  than U.N. estimates and scores of people were still missing,  activists just back from the reclusive country said on Friday.
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The Security Council calls for restraint as several people are reported killed in Burma's crackdown on protests.