Word: burma
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Western diplomat familiar with Burma said from Bangkok, Thailand, that "We're into possibly one of the final acts now...a naked confrontation with the army...Either the students win or the army wins...
Protesters blame the country's sole legal party, the ruling Burma Socialist Program Party, for 26 years of repression and economic ruin. Other analysts believe the military may have simply acted to assert its traditional authority...
...RANGOON, Burma--A day after a military coup, soldiers loyal to the new government opened fire on thousands of angry demonstrators who surged into the streets yesterday to protest the power shift. About 100 people were reported killed in Rangoon...
Demonstrations also broke out it other cities, including Mandalay. Witnesses and other reports said a total of about 150 people, including 17 soldiers, had died in the violence that swept Burma after Sunday's coup...
...boldest individual challenge to the beleaguered government last week came from an unexpected source: former Prime Minister U Nu, 81. Toppled from power in 1962 by General Ne Win, who ruled Burma for the next 26 years, U Nu asserted last week, "Though I have been robbed of my power, I am still the legitimate Prime Minister." In a remarkable display of Burmese-style chutzpah, U Nu named a government and announced that general elections would be held on Oct. 9 to ratify his claim to power...