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For those of you who didn’t check out the comments to the previous post, savvy readers ID’d the strange creature I photographed in the South Gobi as a species of a fascinating and ancient crustacean known as a Triops. Like, really ancient. Basically unchanged in 220 million years. And really fa ...>

Police use tear gas against Buddhist monks - Evening Echo


BBC NewsPolice use tear gas against Buddhist monksEvening Echo, Ireland - Sep 26, 2007Troops in Rangoon have attacked Buddhist monks who defied the Burmese military government’s ban on public assembly today with tear gas, dragging some into ...Defiance and death mark Burmese army crackdo ...>

Buddhist Monks Defy Assembly Ban - Guardian Unlimited


Buddhist Monks Defy Assembly BanGuardian Unlimited, UK - 8 minutes agoFrom AP YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Security forces fired warning shots and tear gas canisters while hauling Buddhist monks away in trucks Wednesday as they ... ...>

Image caption: Buddhist monks lead the peaceful protest against … - Swissinfo


SwissinfoImage caption: Buddhist monks lead the peaceful protest against ...Swissinfo, Switzerland - 11 hours agoThousands of Buddhist monks and civilians marched on Wednesday in the city of Yangon in defiance of the authorities' new ban on assembly and crackdown on ... ...>

Image caption: Buddhist monks lead the peaceful protest against … - Swissinfo


SwissinfoImage caption: Buddhist monks lead the peaceful protest against ...Swissinfo, Switzerland - Sep 26, 2007Thousands of Buddhist monks and civilians marched on Wednesday in the city of Yangon in defiance of the authorities' new ban on assembly and crackdown on ...Canada denounce ...>

Image caption: Buddhist monks lead the peaceful protest against … - Swissinfo


SwissinfoImage caption: Buddhist monks lead the peaceful protest against ...Swissinfo, Switzerland - Sep 26, 2007Thousands of Buddhist monks and civilians marched on Wednesday in the city of Yangon in defiance of the authorities' new ban on assembly and crackdown on ...Caritas calls o ...>

Image caption: Buddhist monks lead the peaceful protest against … - Swissinfo


SwissinfoImage caption: Buddhist monks lead the peaceful protest against ...Swissinfo, Switzerland - Sep 26, 2007Thousands of Buddhist monks and civilians marched on Wednesday in the city of Yangon in defiance of the authorities' new ban on assembly and crackdown on ...Myanmar imposes ...>

Image caption: Buddhist monks lead the peaceful protest against … - Swissinfo


SwissinfoImage caption: Buddhist monks lead the peaceful protest against ...Swissinfo, Switzerland - Sep 26, 2007Thousands of Buddhist monks and civilians marched on Wednesday in the city of Yangon in defiance of the authorities' new ban on assembly and crackdown on ... ...>

Image caption: Buddhist monks lead the peaceful protest against … - Swissinfo


SwissinfoImage caption: Buddhist monks lead the peaceful protest against ...Swissinfo, Switzerland - Sep 26, 2007Thousands of Buddhist monks and civilians marched on Wednesday in the city of Yangon in defiance of the authorities' new ban on assembly and crackdown on ... ...>

Image caption: Buddhist monks lead the peaceful protest against … - Swissinfo


SwissinfoImage caption: Buddhist monks lead the peaceful protest against ...Swissinfo, Switzerland - Sep 26, 2007Thousands of Buddhist monks and civilians marched on Wednesday in the city of Yangon in defiance of the authorities' new ban on assembly and crackdown on ...Warning shots f ...>