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| Burmese riot police attack monks | Burmese riot police attack monks |
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| Several thousand Burmese monks and other protesters are marching in Rangoon despite a bloody crackdown by police. One death is reported. | |
| Police beat and arrested demonstrators at the revered Shwedagon Pagoda, including up to 100 monks, on the ninth day of unrest against military rule. | |
| One march started for the city centre while another headed for the home of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. | |
| Security forces have reportedly ringed six key monasteries. | |
| One unidentified person was shot dead and five received gunshot injuries, Rangoon hospital sources told Reuters news agency. | |
| The riot police started to beat up the monks Unidentified monk speaking at Shwedagon Pagoda A Norway-based dissident radio station, the Democratic Voice of Burma, said one monk was killed and several injured in clashes in the city centre. | |
| Analysts fear a repeat of the violence in 1988, when troops opened fire on unarmed protesters, killing thousands. | Analysts fear a repeat of the violence in 1988, when troops opened fire on unarmed protesters, killing thousands. |
| Anger is growing among the protesters over the treatment of the monks, the BBC's South East Asia correspondent, Jonathan Head, reports. | |
| 'Covered in blood' | 'Covered in blood' |
| A clampdown on the media by the government, which has banned gatherings of five people or more and imposed a night-time curfew, makes following the exact course of the street protests difficult. | |
| KEY PROTEST SITES 1. Shwedagon pagoda. Holiest site in Rangoon2. Sule pagoda. Downtown focal point for marches It is known that several thousand monks and opposition activists moved away from Shwedagon Pagoda, heading for the Sule Pagoda in the city centre. | |
| Reports suggest they were prevented from reaching it but other demonstrators did gather at Sule to jeer at soldiers. | Reports suggest they were prevented from reaching it but other demonstrators did gather at Sule to jeer at soldiers. |
| Troops responded by firing tear gas and live rounds over the protesters' heads, sending people running for cover. | Troops responded by firing tear gas and live rounds over the protesters' heads, sending people running for cover. |
| Monks marching to the home of Aung San Suu Kyi reportedly urged civilian supporters not to join them. | Monks marching to the home of Aung San Suu Kyi reportedly urged civilian supporters not to join them. |
| "We monks will do this, please don't join us, don't do anything violent," they were quoted by AFP news agency as saying. | "We monks will do this, please don't join us, don't do anything violent," they were quoted by AFP news agency as saying. |
| Earlier, at Shwedagon Pagoda, riot police charged protesters, leaving a number of monks and nuns covered in blood, some of them apparently seriously injured. | |
| British embassy sources say at least 100 monks were beaten and arrested. | British embassy sources say at least 100 monks were beaten and arrested. |
| Demonstrators were dragged away in trucks as dozens were arrested. | Demonstrators were dragged away in trucks as dozens were arrested. |
| Two of the country's most prominent dissidents, U Win Naing and popular comedian Zaganar, were arrested overnight. | Two of the country's most prominent dissidents, U Win Naing and popular comedian Zaganar, were arrested overnight. |
| 'Different situation' | 'Different situation' |
| Aung Naing Oo, a former student leader in Burma who was involved in the 1988 uprising and who now lives in exile in the UK, believes the junta cannot stop the 2007 protesters. | Aung Naing Oo, a former student leader in Burma who was involved in the 1988 uprising and who now lives in exile in the UK, believes the junta cannot stop the 2007 protesters. |
| UNREST IN PICTURES In pictures: Mood darkens Burma tops corruption list | UNREST IN PICTURES In pictures: Mood darkens Burma tops corruption list |
| "Nobody knew what was happening in 1988," he told the Today programme on BBC Radio Four. | "Nobody knew what was happening in 1988," he told the Today programme on BBC Radio Four. |
| "There was only very little information about the killings. Now with the internet and the whole world watching I think its a totally different story now and I think the other important difference is that in 1988 it was the students that were leading the demonstrations, but now it is the monks. Monks are highly revered in the country." | "There was only very little information about the killings. Now with the internet and the whole world watching I think its a totally different story now and I think the other important difference is that in 1988 it was the students that were leading the demonstrations, but now it is the monks. Monks are highly revered in the country." |
| The junta broke its silence over the mounting protests late on Monday, saying it was ready to "take action". | The junta broke its silence over the mounting protests late on Monday, saying it was ready to "take action". |
| US President George W Bush has announced a tightening of existing US economic sanctions against it. | US President George W Bush has announced a tightening of existing US economic sanctions against it. |
| America already has an arms ban on Burma, a ban on all exports, a ban on new investment and a ban on financial services. | America already has an arms ban on Burma, a ban on all exports, a ban on new investment and a ban on financial services. |
| The protests were triggered by the government's decision to double the price of fuel last month, hitting people hard in the impoverished nation. | The protests were triggered by the government's decision to double the price of fuel last month, hitting people hard in the impoverished nation. |
| Are you in Burma? How have you been affected by the current situation? What is the mood like in the country? Send us your comments and experiences. | Are you in Burma? How have you been affected by the current situation? What is the mood like in the country? Send us your comments and experiences. |
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