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...really cannot understand why I'm being denied access." RAZALI ISMAIL, UN special envoy to Burma, on the refusal of the country's hermetic, repressive military junta to grant him a visa for the past six months...
...DIED. LIN WANG, 86, the world's oldest elephant, which was honored by the Japanese government for carrying canons and supplies for the Japanese army in Burma during World War II; in Taipei. Lin Wang had been in poor spirits since Ma Lan, his companion, died last October...
...Thailand does indeed have a crippling drug habit. The country currently reigns as the world's largest consumer of methamphetamines and is a major smuggling route for heroin out of the Golden Triangle. Stung by criticism that he has been soft on Burma, where most of the narcotics are produced, Thaksin has pledged no lenience for those supplying drugs to Thailand's 3 million users. Police insist that the bodies piling up are bad guys killed by other bad guys?specifically, drug lords silencing potential informers. The Thai term for such a murder is ka tat torn, or killing...
...with turning the Cambodian capital into a tourist destination, by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen; in Phnom Penh. The move comes after violent anti-Thai riots earlier this month, which sent relations between Cambodia and Thailand to their lowest level in decades. Sophara was reassigned to be ambassador to Burma...
...February 17, 2003 Issue Past Issues Farewell, Columbia Feb. 10, 2003 ----------------- CIA's Secret Army Feb. 03, 2003 ----------------- Bali Confessions Jan. 27, 2003 ----------------- Mind & Body Jan. 20, 2003 ----------------- North Korea Jan. 13, 2003 ----------------- People of the Year Dec. 30, 2002 ----------------- Forecast 2003 Dec. 23, 2002 ----------------- Burma's Drug Army Dec. 16, 2002 ----------------- Diabetes Dec. 9, 2002 ----------------- Lure of the Rings Dec. 2, 2002 ----------------- Bali Bomb Suspects...