protesters make the three-finger salute as they stand behind makeshift barricades during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon. The capital city has completely transformed since the coup, with massive makeshift barricades now commonplace, as communities stack bricks, old tyres, tables and barbed wire to prevent authorities from entering their districts. - AFP
YANGON, March 5 (Reuters): Police in Myanmar on Friday opened fired on protesters against last month's military coup, killing one man, as international condemnation rained down on the junta, with the UN Security Council set to discuss the crisis.
The violence came as the junta lost a tug of war over leadership of its U.N. mission in New York and the United States unveiled new sanctions targeting military conglomerates after the deaths of dozens of civilian protesters.
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