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Text of report in English by Japan's largest news agency Kyodo Yangon [Rangoon], Sept. 25 Kyodo - A small blast occurred at a bus stop in central Yangon on Thursday, injuring three people, sources confirmed. The explosion, believed to have been caused by a small bomb, occurred around 10:40 a.m.
Text of report in English by Japan's largest news agency Kyodo Yangon, April 21 Kyodo - Two explosions went off Sunday night in the centre of Myanmar's biggest city Yangon but caused no injuries, police and witnesses said. The first blast occurred around 8 p.m.
It was a day of terror and confusion, with hundreds of monks rounded up by military police and at least nine people killed. But still the protests continue.
It was a day of terror and confusion, with hundreds of monks rounded up by military police and at least nine people killed. But still the protests continue.
YANGON, Myanmar -- Soldiers fired warning shots today above an estimated crowd of 70,000 anti-government demonstrators defying a crackdown that has drawn international appeals for restraint by Myanmar's ruling junta. Some protesters shouted "Give us freedom, give us freedom!" at the soldiers.
