Reply #11: Myanmar = Burma, right? This AP article says Monks "detained" and 138 people killed:

[cyberpj]

I was looking for coverage in our local paper and found only this (what's up with that?):

Oct 1, 9:22 AM EDT
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar's junta leader stalled a U.N. envoy for yet another day Monday, delaying his chance to present international demands for an end to the crackdown on the largest protests in two decades.

A Norway-based dissident news organization estimated that 138 people were killed - more than 10 times the government figure - and 6,000 detained.

After days of intimidation that snuffed out the public demonstrations led by Buddhist monks, soldiers and riot police redeployed from Yangon's center to the outskirts Monday, but were still checking cars and buses, and monitoring the city by helicopter.

Traffic was light and most shops remained closed. Some monks were allowed to leave monasteries to collect food donations, watched by soldiers lounging under trees.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MYANMAR?SITE=DEWIL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


Ibrahim Gambari, the U.N.'s special envoy to Myanmar, was given an appointment to meet with Senior Gen. Than Shwe on Tuesday in the junta's remote bunker-like capital, Naypyitaw, an Asian diplomat said.