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| Burma riot police beat protesters | |
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| Burmese police have used batons to beat back protesters including monks at the Rangoon pagoda used as a rallying-point for marchers, eyewitnesses say. | |
| They baton-charged a crowd of civilians and monks outside the Shwedagon Pagoda as demonstrators readied for a ninth day of protest marches. | They baton-charged a crowd of civilians and monks outside the Shwedagon Pagoda as demonstrators readied for a ninth day of protest marches. |
| Police and troops have been ringing Buddhist monasteries in the city. | Police and troops have been ringing Buddhist monasteries in the city. |
| Analysts fear a repeat of the violence in 1988, when troops opened fire on unarmed protestors, killing thousands. | Analysts fear a repeat of the violence in 1988, when troops opened fire on unarmed protestors, killing thousands. |
| We have already decided to risk our lives for the people, unidentified senior monk | |
| In a further sign that the military authorities are cracking down, two key dissidents were arrested. | In a further sign that the military authorities are cracking down, two key dissidents were arrested. |
| It appears that small groups of monks seem set on defying calls by the military to end their daily protests, says the BBC's Asia correspondent, Andrew Harding. | |
| The protesters had turned up at Shwedagon, which was blocked off by security forces, in defiance of a ban on all public gatherings of more than five people, and a night-time curfew. | |
| Police beat their shields with their batons and yelled orders to disperse before chasing scores of monks and their supporters. | |
| Eyewitnesses say some protesters fell to the ground amid the chaos. | |
| "We have already decided to risk our lives for the people, although there might be some clashes," one senior monk told AFP news agency before the baton charge. | |
| "We will show our kindness first." | |
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