Good Morning Burma

Myanmar Forces Fire on Protesters: Further casualties were reported today as government security forces cracked down on protests for a second day, firing shots and tear gas.
-- The New York Times

Burmese Monasteries Raided: Forces intensify crackdown, dispersing demonstrations led by anti-government monks.
-- Washington Post

Some reports said the dead included monks, who are widely revered in Burma, and the emergence of such martyr figures could stoke public anger against the regime and escalate the violence.
--Toronto Star

Witnesses told the AP that five men were arrested and severely beaten Thursday after soldiers fired into a crowd near a bridge across the Pazundaung River on the east side of downtown Rangoon.
--AP

Soldiers fired automatic weapons into a crowd of anti-government protesters Thursday as tens of thousands defied the ruling military junta's crackdown with a 10th straight day of demonstrations.
--San Francisco Examiner

Up to 10,000 Burmese Buddhist monks and civilians have defied police tear gas and live bullets on the ninth day of protests against the military rulers.
--BBC