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...benighted state, recent events in Burma appear to offer a glimmer of hope. On his return from a six-day visit, United Nations special envoy Ibrahim Gambari told the Security Council on Nov. 13 that the situation in Burma was "qualitatively different" from how it was during September's brutal crackdown against Buddhist monk-led democracy protests. Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel laureate opposition leader, was allowed to meet with members of her party for the first time in three years, and released a statement saying she looked forward to "a meaningful and time-bound dialogue" with Burma...
...rivalry among no-frills flyers is already getting brutal. When Tiger offered a 59¢ one-way ticket to Bangkok from Singapore on September flights, AirAsia countered with a 29¢ fare. Fernandes advertised the promotion with his usual flair. Ads showing two beautiful flight attendants draped over a subdued tiger boasted, "AirAsia tames even the wildest tiger." Udom Tantiprasongchai, chief executive of Orient Thai Airlines, says fierce competition from AirAsia and flag carrier Thai Airways forced him to slash the fare on his One-Two-Go budget service from Bangkok to Chiang Mai to less than $25, about 30% lower than...
...judge and among the country's first female intellectuals, Ponnary and Thirith were sent to study in Paris in the 1950s where they met and later married two other Cambodian students - creating a foursome that went on to form the nucleus of one of the world's most brutal regimes. The elder Khieu sister, Ponnary, married Pol Pot, leader of the fanatical Khmer Rouge movement which fought its way to bloody victory in Cambodia in 1975 and then established a regime under which an estimated 1.7 million people died by 1979. Her younger sister, Thirith, wedded Pol Pot's confidant...
...gather to greet Bhutto upon her return from exile last month. Bhutto's Pakistan's People Party (PPP) leaders still claim the number was closer to 3 million. "People in Islamabad are not willing to get arrested. The Punjabi police [who are in charge of the capital] are notoriously brutal. And there have already been so many arrests - people are afraid...
Newt Gingrich Former Speaker of the House and a co-author of A Contract with the Earth, a book on environmentalism There are moments when courage and commitment change the human spirit. After decades of tolerating a brutal dictatorship, the Burmese monks are reminding us that the love of freedom is universal. Their willingness to die for the freedom of others should lead us to want to live for those same beliefs. They have given the world an inspiring vision of hope and determination...