From Reuters

SNAPSHOT-Latest developments in Myanmar protests
Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:06pm EDT

Sept 27 (Reuters) - Here are the latest developments in the pro-democracy protests in Myanmar on Thursday.

HEADLINES

* U.S. demands Myanmar junta call an immediate halt to crackdown on protesters.

* Japan to protest to Myanmar government over death of Japanese photographer.

* Sporadic bursts of automatic rifle fire echo over Yangon as darkness falls and curfew goes into effect.

* Nine protesters killed, 11 wounded in Yangon, state television says. Among those killed is a Japanese photographer.

* Monks rounded up and shoved onto trucks in raids on monasteries. One monk killed; scores kicked and beaten by soldiers. Some of the monasteries are emptied of all but the very old and sick, people living nearby say.

* Diplomats summoned to capital, Naypyidaw, "the government was committed to showing restraint in its response to the provocations", one of those present says.

* China, one of Myanmar's few allies, calls for restraint for the first time.

* U.N. Secretary-General to dispatch special envoy to Southeast Asia in hope generals will let him in.

QUOTES

"Doors of the monasteries were broken, things were ransacked and taken away. It's like a living hell seeing the monasteries raided and the monks treated cruelly." - witness

"The Burmese government should not stand in the way of its people's desire for freedom. They must stop this violence against peaceful protesters now." - White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe said.

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