One shot dead in Myanmar
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Yangon, March 5: A protester was shot dead in Myanmar on Friday, in the latest round of bloodletting at anti-coup demonstrations as the UN Security Council prepared to meet on the escalating crisis.
Despite an increasingly brutal crackdown by the military authorities that has seen more than 50 people killed, protesters took to the streets again in towns around the country to denounce the February 1 coup.
The violence has brought condemnation from around the world, with the UN rights chief demanding the junta “stop murdering and jailing protesters”, and the Security Council is set to discuss the crisis later Friday.
But despite the mounting international pressure, the generals have shown no signs of heeding calls for restraint.
In Mandalay, Myanmar’s second largest city, hundreds of engineers took to the streets crying “Free our leader” in reference to ousted State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, detained by the military since the first night of the coup.
A 26-year-old man helping at barriers set up in the city to slow security forces died after being shot in the neck, medical officials said.
The killing follows the deadliest day of the crackdown so far on Wednesday, when the UN said at least 38 people were killed as graphic images showed security forces firing into crowds and bloodied bodies dragged away.
There were also protests Friday in the central town of Bago and the San Chaung district of the commercial capital Yangon — a hotspot for rallies — where groups of demonstrators sang a song of defiance. —
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Mushtaq Hussain, Himanshu Jain, Brandon Marcel and Syed Ahmed reached the semifinals with contrasting wins in the senior snooker category at the Telangana State Ranking Snooker & Billiards Championship being played at the Telangana Cue Sports Association premises at Khajaguda on Friday.
Mushtaq was the most dominant of them all, blanking Bharath Reddy 40 in the quarterfinals. The scoreline read 64-39, 60-47,
73-48, 76-0 which included breaks of 53 and 61 in the first and fourth frames.
Himanshu was next best. He beat Mohammed Nazeeruddin 4-1, recording the highest breaks, of 96 and 70 in the second and fourth frames. Brandon got
68 on way to taking the fourth frame 69-11 as he came out a winner with a
35-63, 110-5, 66-24, 75-8, 66-53 verdict.
Brandon and Ahmed scored identical 4-3 wins. Brandon beat Ajay Bushan
50-26, 43-44, 45-54, 69-11, 7024, 30-57, 72-39 while Ahmed got past P. Arvind Goud 46-56, 47-71, 65-46, 7632, 52-43, 6-70, 57-46.
THE RESULTS
Senior Snooker quarterfinals: Mushtaq Hussain bt Bharath Reddy 4-0 (64[53]39, 60-47, 73-48, 76[61]-0); Himanshu Jain bt MD Nazeeruddin 4-1 (35-63,
110[96]-5, 66-24, 75[70]-8,
66-53); Brandon Marcel bt Ajay Bushan 4-3 (50-26, 4344, 45-54, 69[68]-11, 70-24,
30-57, 72[50]-39); Syed Ahmed bt P Arvind Goud 43 (46-56, 47-71, 65-46, 7632, 52-43, 6-70, 57-46).