Conflicts / Tags / Rangoon

CONFLICTS / NEWS Tue Oct 2, 2007 @ 8:20am neoform

BBC News -- Thousands of monks detained in Burma's main city of Rangoon will be sent to prisons in the far north of the country, sources have told the BBC. About 4,000 monks have been rounded up in the past week as the military government has tried to stamp out pr.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Tue Oct 30, 2007 @ 8:20am neoform

BBC News -- One of Asia's most notorious warlords, Khun Sa, has died in the Burmese city of Rangoon. He had reportedly been suffering from diabetes and high blood pressure. After decades of guerrilla warfare against the Burmese government, largely funded by his.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Wed Oct 3, 2007 @ 8:20am neoform

BBC News -- Scores of monks are trying to leave Burma's main city, Rangoon, following the military's bloody crackdown on anti-government protests, reports say. Witnesses said many monks were at the railway station, while bus drivers were said to be refusing to tak.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Mon Oct 1, 2007 @ 2:55pm neoform

Telegraph -- The United Nations special envoy to Burma has met the opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi in Rangoon, but was snubbed by the leader of the junta that crushed democracy protests last week. Ibrahim Gambari, a former Nigerian foreign minister, arrived in the.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Mon Oct 1, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

BBC News -- Thousands of heavily armed soldiers are patrolling the streets of Burma's main city, Rangoon, with no sign of further protests against the military junta. Troops are stopping young men on the streets and in cars, searching for cameras that may be used.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Fri Sep 28, 2007 @ 5:01pm neoform

www.newsdeskspecial.co.uk -- Reports from Rangoon suggest soldiers are mutinying. It is unclear the numbers involved. Reports cite heavy shooting in the former Burmese capital. The organisation Helfen ohne Grenzen (Help without Frontiers) is reporting that "Soldiers from the 66th.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Fri Sep 28, 2007 @ 3:49pm neoform

Times Online -- A Japanese journalist lies fatally wounded on a wet Rangoon street. Demonstrators flee in terror from the junta’s gun-toting, baton-wielding security forces. A man is being trampled underfoot. A teargas cylinder flies through the air. Flip-flops, lost i.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Fri Sep 28, 2007 @ 9:29am neoform

BBC News -- Burmese soldiers and police are baton-charging groups of protesters who are trying to gather in Rangoon. Security forces have sealed off five monasteries that were focal points of previous mass marches and are trying to prevent further protests. Off.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Thu Sep 27, 2007 @ 8:25am neoform

BBC News -- Burmese soldiers have again fired shots as they attempt to disperse thousands of anti-government protesters in the main city, Rangoon. Witnesses said it was not clear whether shots were fired directly into the crowd or above their heads, but at least f.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Wed Sep 26, 2007 @ 8:22am neoform

BBC News -- Thousands of Burmese Buddhist monks and other protesters have been marching in Rangoon despite a bloody crackdown by police. At least one death is reported. Monks' shaved heads stained with blood could be seen at the Shwedagon Pagoda where police charg.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Tue Sep 25, 2007 @ 8:25am neoform

BBC News -- Tens of thousands of monks and civilians in Burma's main city Rangoon have defied military warnings and staged new anti-government protests. Some chanted "we want dialogue", others simply shouted "democracy, democracy". Earlier lorries with loudspea.. Read More