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Myanmar security forces kill 13 protesters; small blasts hit Yangon

Myanmar security forces kill 13 protesters; small blasts hit Yangon

MYANMAR troops fired at anti-coup protesters yesterday, killing at least 13 people and wounding several, the media said, as a series of small blasts hit the commercial capital Yangon and a Chinese-owned factory was set on fire. The country's military ruler said the civil disobedience movement was "destroying" Myanmar. More than 580 people have been killed, according to an activist group, in the turmoil in Myanmar since a Feb. 1 coup that ended a brief period of civilian-led democracy. Nationwide protests and strikes have persisted since then despite the military's use of lethal force to quell the opposition. Security forces…
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Beauty queen takes Myanmar’s democratic fight to international stage

Beauty queen takes Myanmar’s democratic fight to international stage

MYANMAR model Han Lay did not win last week's Miss Grand International beauty pageant, but she'll be remembered as one of its most impassioned contestants. The 22-year-old made heads turn in Thailand during an emotive speech where she pleaded for "urgent international help" for her country, the same day 141 demonstrators were killed in a crackdown by military rulers she said were selfish and abusing their power. Yesterday, she said her compatriots in an anti-coup movement would not back away from a struggle that has so far claimed close to 550 lives in the two months since the generals overthrew…
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Suu Kyi faces new charge under Myanmar’s secrets act; wireless internet suspended

Suu Kyi faces new charge under Myanmar’s secrets act; wireless internet suspended

MYANMAR’S deposed leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been charged with breaking a colonial-era official secrets law, the most serious charge against the veteran opponent of military rule, her lawyer disclosed yesterday. Myanmar has been rocked by protests since the army overthrew Suu Kyi's elected government on February 1 citing unsubstantiated claims of fraud in a November election that her party swept. In a new measure to stifle communication about the turmoil, the junta ordered internet service providers to shut down wireless broadband services until further notice, several telecoms sources said. Suu Kyi and other members of her National League…
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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi ‘looks healthy’, lawyer says, as U.S. orders non-essential staff to leave

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi ‘looks healthy’, lawyer says, as U.S. orders non-essential staff to leave

MYANMAR's deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in good health in a video meeting yesterday, one of her lawyers said, as the United States ordered its non-essential embassy staff to leave after "horrifying" violence against opponents of a coup. The detained Nobel laureate, who has been held in custody since the military seized power on February:  1, had wanted to meet lawyers in person and did not agree to a wide discussion by video in the presence of police, lawyer Min Min Soe told Reuters by telephone. "Amay looks healthy, her complexion is good," Min Min Soe said, using…
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Myanmar insurgents warn of growing conflict as neighbours press junta

Myanmar insurgents warn of growing conflict as neighbours press junta

ONE of Myanmar's main ethnic minority rebel groups has warned of a growing threat of major conflict and called for international intervention against a military crackdown on opponents of last month's coup. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the army ousted an elected government led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1, detaining her and reimposing military rule after a decade of tentative steps towards democracy. While cities and towns across the country have been consumed by protests against the military, fighting has also flared between the army and insurgents in frontier regions and refugees are spilling…
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Thousands take to the streets in Myanmar as five more protesters killed

Thousands take to the streets in Myanmar as five more protesters killed

MYANMAR security forces killed at least five protesters yesterday, three of them in the main city of Yangon, witnesses and media reported, as activists called on ethnic minority forces in the diverse nation to back their campaign against military rule. After the bloodiest day since the February 1 military coup with 114 deaths on Saturday, thousands took to the streets in towns across the country, determined to show their opposition to the relapse into military rule after a decade of democratic reform. At least two people were killed in the Yangon district of South Dagon when security forces moved in…
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Troops fire at funeral as Myanmar mourns bloodiest day since coup

Troops fire at funeral as Myanmar mourns bloodiest day since coup

MYANMAR security forces opened fire at a funeral yesterday, witnesses said, as people across the country gathered to mourn 114 people killed the previous day in the worst crackdown on protests since the military coup on February 1. Mourners fled the shooting at a service for 20-year-old student Thae Maung Maung in Bago near the commercial capital Yangon and there were no immediate reports of casualties, three people in the town told Reuters. "While we are singing the revolution song for him, security forces just arrived and shot at us," a woman called Aye who was at the service said.…
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More than 90 killed in Myanmar in one of bloodiest days of protests

More than 90 killed in Myanmar in one of bloodiest days of protests

SECURITY forces killed more than 90 people across Myanmar yesterday in one of the bloodiest days of protests since a military coup last month, news reports and witnesses said. The lethal crackdown came on Armed Forces Day. Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, the junta leader, said during a parade in the capital Naypyitaw to mark the event that the military would protect the people and strive for democracy. State television had said on Friday that protesters risked being shot "in the head and back". Despite this, demonstrators against the February 1 coup came out on the streets of Yangon, Mandalay…
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Four killed in Myanmar protests; military warns of ‘danger’ of demonstrations

Four killed in Myanmar protests; military warns of ‘danger’ of demonstrations

MYANMAR’S ruling military junta warned on Friday that pro-democracy protesters risked being shot in the head or back as activists called for a huge show of defiance against the generals on the country's Armed Forces Day on Saturday. Troops killed four more people in demonstrations on Friday, adding to a reported death toll of more than 320 people in the crackdown that has followed the coup against Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government on February 1. A broadcast on the state MRTV news channel said: "You should learn from the tragedy of earlier ugly deaths that you can be in…
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Myanmar protesters defiant as two more killed, pressure on junta grows

Myanmar protesters defiant as two more killed, pressure on junta grows

DEMONSTRATORS in Myanmar maintained their dogged opposition to military rule yesterday despite a rising death toll, with two more people killed as the junta appeared equally determined to resist growing pressure to compromise. The country has been in turmoil since the military overthrew an elected government led by Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1, bringing an end to 10 years of tentative democratic reform. One man was shot dead and several were wounded when police opened fire on a group setting up a barricade in the central town of Monywa, a doctor there said as a…
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