After arriving in Ireland from Norway where she had received the Nobel Peace Prize and a million dollar cheque, Aung San Suu collected her Amnesty award.

Troops in Rangoon have attacked Buddhist monks who defied the Burmese military government’s ban on public assembly today with tear gas, dragging some into trucks and driving them away.

Police in riot gear fired warning shots to disperse more than 100 Buddhist monks who defied the Burmese military government’s ban on public assembly today by trying to penetrate a barricade blocking Rangoon’s famed Shwedagon Pagoda.

Monks leading the biggest public protest staged in Burma for nearly 20 years were today warned of a government crackdown.

The Burmese military government brought detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to the capital Yangon today after it also closed the offices of her party, held key supporters and ordered universities shut across Myanmar.