With Monks Contained, Myanmar Authorities Attack Civilians

News Type: Event — Seeded on Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:31 AM EDT

Article Source: The New York Times

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There was more shooting and tear gas on the streets of Myanmar's main city of Yangon today, but authorities appeared to have succeeded for the moment in containing the demonstrations by monks and were now confronting and attacking smaller groups of civilians around the city.

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