At least two monks and a civilian are reported killed in protests in Yangon as a security crackdown intensifies. Seething crowds of Buddhist monks and civilians filled the streets of Myanmar's main city on Wednesday (September 26), defying warning shots, tear gas and baton charges meant to quell the biggest anti-junta demonstrations in 20 years. Two monks and a civilian were killed, hospital and monastery sources said, as years of pent-up frustration at 45 years of unbroken military rule in the former Burma reached boiling point after a month of protests. Some witnesses estimated 100,000 people took to the streets despite fears of a repeat of the ruthless suppression of Myanmar's last major uprising, in 1988, when soldiers opened fire, killing an estimated 3,000 people. Troops were reported to have fired shots over the heads of a large crowd sending people scurrying for cover. Witnesses say security forces also fired tear gas at columns of monks trying to push their way through...