Myanmar junta admits used tear gas, warning shots
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Myanmar&#39;s military junta said on  Wednesday it had used tear gas and fired warning shots to  disperse a crowd of 1,000 Buddhist monks and civilians  protesting in the northwestern coastal city of Sittwe.
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A top U.N. rights envoy condemned on  Wednesday the arrest and jailing of opposition activists in  military-ruled Myanmar and said he had received credible  reports of rights violations in border areas.
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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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In a rare departure from its usual diplomatic restraint, the International Red Cross denounced Myanmar's military government Friday, saying it commits abuses against civilians and detainees that cause "immense suffering."
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Burma's military authorities use tear gas to break up a protest by hundreds of monks, reports say.
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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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Myanmar's ruling junta has accused ex-Prime Minister Khin Nyunt of corruption and said he was ousted before he could unveil findings of his investigation of senior army commanders, official newspapers said.
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Myanmar's junta held nearly 1,200 political prisoners before a crackdown on Buddhist monk-led street protests last month, according to a report by the U.N.'s independent expert on human rights in Myanmar.
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Myanmar&#39;s military junta released at least 19 political prisoners Friday as part of a group of nearly 4,000 prisoners it said were wrongly charged by an intelligence agency.
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The broom-wielding gangs that broke up fuel price protests in Myanmar were taking direct orders from the ruling junta, which now appears to favor them as a way to crush dissent, rights groups and diplomats said on Thursday.
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Soldiers fired warning shots Thursday above an estimated crowd of 70,000 anti-government demonstrators defying a crackdown that has drawn international appeals for restraint by Myanmar's ruling junta.
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Government troops retaliate violently against protesters in Burma's capital, sealing off streets and firing into crowds
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THE new Prime Minister of military-ruled Myanmar was behind an attack on opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her convoy last year, the United States charged yesterday, amid calls for UN Security Council action against the South-east Asian nation.
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Military-ruled Myanmar said a UN resolution against the junta would &quot;destroy the peace&quot; and accused the Security Council of trying to interfere in its domestic affairs.
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Burma's military government is accused of sanctioning the use of rape as a weapon against opponents.
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Myanmar's military rulers hit back on Wednesday at rare public criticism from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), accusing the humanitarian agency of secret ties to guerrillas.
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Myanmar's junta imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the country's two main cities on Wednesday after pouring security forces into Yangon to try to end the biggest protests against military rule in 20 years.