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Military In Myanmar May be Preparing To Use Force

Momentum builds in Myanmar, as reports say that Military may be preparing to use force.

Oposition leaders are under house arrest. Many live under 1 dollars a day. There are more than 500000 refugees in Burma. HIV is spreading.

Internet cafes are closed and mobile phones are being disabled.

TV station Democratic Voice of Burma is broadcasting the news helping the people to communicate.

Monks shout that they are not doing this for them, but for the Burma's future.

The situation in Myanmar become the highlight of George W. Bush's speech today at UN.

The Age from Australia just reported that "Military-ruled Burma deployed armed soldiers and riot police to key pagodas and monasteries around the main city of Rangoon today, in a bid to prevent Buddhist monks from staging anti-junta protests, witnesses said.

"Security forces were deployed around the Shwedagon Pagoda, where monks have begun their marches over the past eight days, as well as the Sule Pagoda, a key rallying point in the city centre, witnesses said."

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