Monk Revolution: Reuters Image Captures Journalist Shooting Photo Before His Death

Reuters photo attributed to a stringer captures journalist shooting photo before his death.

Reuters cutline: Kenji Nagai of APF tries to take photographs as he lies injured after police and military officials fired upon and then charged at protesters in Yangon’s city centre September 27, 2007. Kenji, 52, a Japanese photographer, was shot by soldiers as they fired to disperse the crowd. Kenji later died. (Stringer/Reuters)

NowPublic (TheBigRuski): Monk Revolution Updates 

Offend Religious 101: Run Folsom Street Fair Ad With Gay Last Supper

From chocolate Jesus to a leather and bondage Last Supper (Leonardo da Vinci painting)…why are we surprised?

Seems like the Catholic community has drawn a line in the sand.

This from FOXNews:

Catholic Group Urges Boycott of Miller Brewing Co. Over San Francisco Fair Sponsorship

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Monk Revolution Heats Up; More Deaths, Beatings Reported

If you are a tiny little dictatorship in a far corner in the world you can no longer hide. Human rights atrocities are no longer a dirty little secret an opressive regime can hide.

The world has become a smaller place.

From AP:

Images of the protests have been transmitted by dissidents using cell phones and the Internet, focusing attention on the escalating faceoff.

The lead:

YANGON, Myanmar — Security forces fired automatic weapons into thousands of pro-democracy protesters for a second day Thursday, and the military government said nine people were killed and 11 wounded.

Tens of thousands defied the ruling military junta’s crackdown with a 10th straight day of demonstrations. Security forces also raided several monasteries overnight, beating monks and arresting more than 100, according to a monk at one monastery.

Journalist dead:

Among the dead was Kenji Nagai, 50, a journalist covering the protests in Yangon for Japanese video news agency APF News. He was confirmed dead after his father and company representative identified him in a photo, a Japanese Embassy official in Myanmar told The Associated Press by telephone.

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Photo by AP