US to impose new Burma sanctions
"new sanctions against the ruling military junta in Burma, the White House has said."
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"Some monks' representatives had called for the entire country to join them in their campaign to overthrow the government, which began eight days ago.
Monday saw marches in at least 25 towns and cities, including Mandalay, Sittwe and Pakokku.
Turnout estimates in Rangoon, Burma's biggest city, ranged from 50,000 to 100,000. "
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"A hard-core group of more than 1,000 of the maroon-robed monks and 400 sympathisers went to Aung San Suu Kyi's street at the end of Monday's march, the Associated Press reported.
They chanted a prayer for peace in the face of the riot police blocking access to her home, where she is under house arrest, before dispersing peacefully.
Monks have been urging Burmese people to hold 15-minute evening prayer vigils.
The organisation that has emerged to lead the protests, the Alliance of All Burmese Buddhist Monks, has vowed to continue marches until it has "wiped the military dictatorship from the land".
The protests were triggered by the government's decision to double the price of fuel last month, hitting people hard in the impoverished nation."
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"Some monks' representatives had called for the entire country to join them in their campaign to overthrow the government, which began eight days ago.
Monday saw marches in at least 25 towns and cities, including Mandalay, Sittwe and Pakokku.
Turnout estimates in Rangoon, Burma's biggest city, ranged from 50,000 to 100,000. "
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"A hard-core group of more than 1,000 of the maroon-robed monks and 400 sympathisers went to Aung San Suu Kyi's street at the end of Monday's march, the Associated Press reported.
They chanted a prayer for peace in the face of the riot police blocking access to her home, where she is under house arrest, before dispersing peacefully.
Monks have been urging Burmese people to hold 15-minute evening prayer vigils.
The organisation that has emerged to lead the protests, the Alliance of All Burmese Buddhist Monks, has vowed to continue marches until it has "wiped the military dictatorship from the land".
The protests were triggered by the government's decision to double the price of fuel last month, hitting people hard in the impoverished nation."
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>> read the whole article on the BBC News website <<
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