26.09.2007 Yangon, Myanmar
(Burma) - The military
dictatorship in Myanmar,
formerly known as Burma,
cracked down on escalating
anti-government street
protests on Wednesday, Sept.
26, with troops firing over
the heads of large crowds in
Yangon, the country's main
city. Riot police fired tear
gas at columns of monks trying
t
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26.09.2007 Yangon, Myanmar
(Burma) - The military
dictatorship in Myanmar,
formerly known as Burma,
cracked down on escalating
anti-government street
protests on Wednesday, Sept.
26, with troops firing over
the heads of large crowds in
Yangon, the country's main
city. Riot police fired tear
gas at columns of monks trying
to push their way past
barricades sealing off the
Shwedagon Pagoda, Myanmar's
holiest shrine and the
starting point of marches that
mushroomed from small protests
against huge fuel price
increases. Angry crowds filled
the streets of Yangon, defying
the military violence meant to
curb the biggest
anti-government protests in 20
years.

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Tags Myanmar, Protest, Monk, Burma, Burmese, Yangon, Demonstration, Rangoon, Monks