November 2nd, 2007

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1, Friday, 28 September 2007, Kenji Nagai died of shooting in Burma.

2, ①TV footage has emerged which raises the possibility that the 50-year-old may have been deliberately targeted rather than caught in police cross-fire.

②We will have to think carefully to figure out what is the best thing to do - what is the best choice for Japan.

③Japan is a leading aid donor to Burma and has been criticised for failing to take a tougher line against the regime.
Tokyo has withheld some aid from Burma since pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was detained in 2003.

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1, more than 100 people

2, monk

3, on 26 September / in Pakokku

4, Soldiers had beaten up monks there on 6 September.

5, ①Witnesses at Wednesday's march said the monks did not make any overt political statements but that the rally was clearly in defiance of the junta.

②According to the BBC's Asia correspondent Andrew Harding, there is no way of telling whether this new demonstration is the start of another wave of protests.

6, less safe

7, It means that severe action taken to restrict the activities of criminals or of people opposed to the government or authorities.

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10, the Human Rights Watch organisation

11, The government insists it is opposed to the use of child soldiers, but Human Rights Watch says the abuses have been extensive and systemic.

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1, Citizen restricted the free circulation of information that shared with the world expressing the violent regulation on monks and demonstrators.

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1, "Bonfire Night"

2, People set for the king.

3, to open Parliament

4, http://www.flickr.com/photos/proserpina_/562689170/