Tens of thousands of demonstrators are defying Burma's military rulers by continuing the biggest anti-government protests in the country for almost 20 years.
7pm update: Signs of the junta's determination to cling on to power with curfews and bans on more than five people gathering.
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9.15am
There are ominous rumours that hospitals are being cleared in Rangoon in anticipation of a brutal suppression of the unrest by Burma's military.
Reuters claims that 10,000 monks are marching in central Rangoon.
Their leaders are apparently chanting "democracy, democracy" - illustrated how the unrest has gone beyond a protest about fuel prices.
Guardian Unlimited has published an interactive guide to the protests.
9.30am
Last night the junta threatened to "take action" after up to 100,000 took to the streets yesterday. The government also urged Buddhist monks, who have been leading the protests, to stay out of politics.
But so far the military rulers have tolerated the protests. They are also under pressure from their key trading-partner China to handle the unrest with restraint.
A Chinese government spokesman cryptically said: "We hope Myanmar (Burma) and its people will take proper actions to resolve the issue"
9.40am
Mizzima News, an English-language website set up by exiled Burmese journalist, claims that as many as 150,000 protesters have taken to the streets of Rangoon. It claims the uprising is taking on the character of the protests against British colonial rule, which also led by monks.
Internet access in Burma is highly restricted. There is only one state run internet provider - Began Cybertech. Nevertheless the web is playing a crucial part in the unrest according to Maarten Van Horenbeeck on serious blogging.
"Despite massive blocking, the internet has been a valuable tool in agenda setting. By merely keeping outsiders informed of the internal situation, news outlets worldwide were briefed of the emerging protests, and significant power was placed in the hands of opposition parties," he writes.
Ko Sala on Burmadigest adds: "The democracy movement outside Burma should be archiving the hard work of our young bloggers and if possible should recognise them with awards."
There's more on how bloggers defied the censors here, and a number of active Burmese bloggers are highlighted by Global Voices here.
Several videos of the protests have also been posted on YouTube, including this and this a Burmese protest song.
9.50am
After Czechoslovakia's velvet revolution, and Ukraine's orange revolution no one is quite sure how to label the Burma uprising. The Times has dubbed it the Saffron Revolution, after the monks robes, but it has also been called yellow, golden, orange and maroon.
10.05am
"The protest is not merely for the well-being of people but also for monks struggling for democracy and for people to have an opportunity to determine their own future," one monk told The Associated Press. "People do not tolerate the military government any longer."
10.10am
Soldiers are infiltrating the demonstrations by disguising themselves as monks according to the Burma Campaign UK. "They would start rioting or attacking police,
providing the regime with a pretext for a brutal crackdown on protestors," it says.
It quotes sources saying that the military has ordered 3,000 monks' robes.
The campaign's Mark Farmaner's condemns the inaction of the west. He says: "The international community seems to be willing to watch from the sidelines as the regime moves closer to a massacre. If the regime does attack protestors, this will have been one of the most widely predicted massacres in recent history, and makes a mockery any government's claim to be committed to human rights."
10.20am
The Burma Media Association says the government has stepped up its intimidation of journalists since the protest began, and has order them not to join in.
10.50am
Military rulers are holding an emergency meeting to discuss how to respond to the unrest, according to Reuters.
The Guardian's Isabel Hilton points out that pressure from China may yet avert a "bloodbath in Burma". Pundita notes how China's Peoples Daily is downplaying the protests.
11.25am
The US Campaign for Burma claims that as many as 200,000 took part in yesterday's demonstrations. It also has a run down of the American celebrities calling for UN action against the ruling military.
11.50am
Amnesty International is organising a rally in support of the protesters outside the Burmese embassy in Washington tonight.
12pm
There appear to be more more blogposts as well a video footage on the latest situation from Burmese bloggers here, here, here and here. If anyone can help translate them, we would be very grateful.
12.05pm
The riot police have moved in, according to a flash on Sky News.
"Truck loads of riot police" have been deployed in Rangoon as crowds disperse, says the BBC World Service.
"About seven military trucks full of soldiers, who sang war songs, were seen passing through the Pyi road in Rangoon," according to eyewitness reports on Mizzima.
Reuters says there are eight military trucks but suggests they moved in after the protest had ended, possibly to prevent more protests tomorrow.
12.35pm
Prime minister Gordon Brown called on the Burmese authorities to "exercise restraint" dealing with demonstrators. He also urged the UN to take a tougher stance on Burma.
1.25pm
The foreign secretary, David Miliband, said Aung San Suu Kyi should take her rightful place as Burma leader. In his speech to the Labour conference he also said that the situation in Burma was "tense", and added: "The world wants to see restraint from the authorities."
2pm
Burma's largest opposition party the National League for Democracy said that while they support the demonstration, dialogue is the only way to solve the problems facing the country.
The Nobel-Prize winning writer Nadine Gordimer has added her support to the protests. Her fellow South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, likened the protesters to the anti-apartheid movement.
2.25pm
First hand accounts of the day's events have been published on the BBC's website. Cherry from Rangoon said: "I think that the participants are half the number they were yesterday. Some people are worried and they are thinking carefully about the crisis that may be created by a junta response."
2.30pm
Around 40 protesters gathered outside the Burmese embassy in London. One chanted: "Murderous regime - out, out".
2.40pm
The Irrawaddy has a round up of various demonstrations across Burma today (thanks noodlepie).
3.30pm
As expected George Bush announced fresh sanctions against Burma, and visa restriction against members of the government. In a speech to the UN Mr Bush also accused the regime of imposing "a 19-year reign of fear" and added: "Americans are outraged by the situation in Burma."
3.45pm
Aung San Suu Kyi was moved to Insein prison on Sunday, according to a Reuters' source.
7pm update There were fresh signs of the Burmese junta's determination to cling on to power with reports of a curfew being imposed on the country's largest city, Rangoon. Residents said a 9pm to 5am curfew had also been announced for the city of Mandalay plus a ban on groups of more than five people gathering.
