A leading Burmese dissident group estimated today that 900 students and others had been arrested in the Burmese capital over the last week.

Slim's men then advanced south towards the Burmese capital.

The Burmese capital was relocated to Ava in 1634.

Two thousand young people rallied in the Burmese capital today after the military Government denounced an opposition leader, diplomats said.

Western diplomats in the Burmese capital, Yangon, formerly Rangoon, said they had no information to support the reports.

The ultimate objective was for both armies to clamp themselves in a pincer action on the Burmese capital of Ava.

That was the message we delivered during talks in Yangon, the Burmese capital.

Troops fired on a demonstration by about 500 people in the Burmese capital today, killing one protester, the Rangoon radio said.

"What the Thais do is horrible," said a foreign health worker in Yangon, the Burmese capital.

"There's a feeling of more to come," said a diplomat who returned recently from Rangoon, the Burmese capital.