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Junta Issues Curfew to Stem Protests

Posted Sep 25, 07 6:02 PM CDT in World 

(Newser) – Burma issued a dusk-to-dawn curfew and warned it will crack down on any large meetings, but protesters still marched by the tens of thousands today. The junta also sent out armed troops and declared it time to "take action," raising fears that it will repeat its 1988 crackdown, in which soldiers killed 3,000 people, the BBC reports.

Students, politicians, and workers joined the monks today to chant for dialogue and democracy, some carrying pictures of a peacock used by marchers in  1988. The monks vowed to ignore the curfew, which the military warned will be in effect for 60 days. At the UN, world leaders condemned the situation as Bush called the US "outraged."

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In this image released by the Democratic Voice of Burma, Buddhist monks defied orders to stay off the streets and marched against the military government. Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2007, in downtown Yangon,...   (Associated Press)
In this image released by the Democratic Voice of Burma, people protest against the military government in Yangon Myanmar Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2007. It was the eighth day of street demonstrations against...   (Associated Press)
In this image released by the Democratic Voice of Burma, people protest against the military government in Yangon Myanmar Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2007. It was the eighth day of street demonstrations against...   (Associated Press)
In this image released by the Democratic Voice of Burma, people protest against the military government in Yangon Myanmar Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2007. It was the eighth day of street demonstrations against...   (Associated Press)
In this image released by the Democratic Voice of Burma, people protest against the military government in Yangon Myanmar Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2007. It was the eighth day of street demonstrations against...   (Associated Press)
In this image released by the Democratic Voice of Burma, people march toward a temple to protest against the military government in Yangon Myanmar Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2007. It was the eighth day of...   (Associated Press)
In this photo released by Democratic Voice of Burma, Buddhist monks, accompanied by civilians, march on a street in a protest against the military government in Yangon, Myanmar, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2007....   (Associated Press)
In this photo released by Democratic Voice of Burma, Buddhist monks, accompanied by civilians, march on a street in a protest against the military government in Yangon, Myanmar, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2007....   (Associated Press)
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