Water cannon fired at protesters as crowds swell in Myanmar

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Tensions between the authorities and demonstrators against Myanmar’s coup have boiled over, as police fired a water cannon at peaceful protesters in the capital Naypyitaw. Nonviolent protests demanding the release of detained national leader Aung San Suu Kyi and restoration of her government have spread all over the country. There have been no signs the protesters or the military were backing down in their confrontation over who is the country’s legitimat