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...pleading with Burmese embassy officials in neighboring Thailand for a visa, looking into chartering a plane to take him and Tucci secretly into the capital, and even contacting tribal chieftains inside Burma to guide them through their territory on foot. This month Stewart and Tucci finally made it into Rangoon, the capital, by means they prefer, for the moment, to keep to themselves...
...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...
Reports indicated soldiers shot at mostly unarmed protesters near the main government administrative building, the U.S. Embassy, Sule Pagoda and Rangoon General Hospital, which has become a major rallying point for the protesters. An Asian diplomat said the hospital subsequently admitted 67 people...
Column upon column, they clogged the streets of Rangoon, cheering and clapping, chanting and waving flags. As the numbers swelled into the hundreds of thousands, representatives from almost all walks of Burmese life could be identified among the waves of protesters who marched 20 abreast through the capital. Roman Catholic priests and nuns paraded behind a banner proclaiming JESUS LOVES DEMOCRACY. Government employees brandished a MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS sign, while retired military men proudly unfurled a banner reading ASSOCIATION OF FORMER COMMANDERS AND OLD COMRADES. From self-identified housewives to state factory workers and students, all were there...
...calling the shots and is not in retirement. The belief that Maung Maung's tenure is simply an extension of Ne Win's is feeding the opposition fury. "The people are not going to stop until the entire government is thrown out," said an Australian businessman after visiting Rangoon. "The crowds feel they can't lose...