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...graduation ceremony in Mogadishu, killing 24 people, including four ministers. According to news reports, the man had spent 20 years in Denmark before returning to Somalia - and may also have been involved with al-Shabab. (The group has denied responsibility for the attack.) But Somalia's Environment Minister, Buri Hamza, told Danish television last month that he believed the man was first drawn to extremists in Denmark. "We're afraid that this Danish-Somali has been brainwashed right here in Denmark," Hamza told the TV2 channel...
...interest in remaining in politics after elections were held. Earlier this summer, however, a junta aide hinted that perhaps Sonthi might throw his hat in the ring. The general hasn't committed so far. Still, after casting his yes vote in the constitutional referendum in the province of Lop Buri, Sonthi did let slip that if he were to run, this military stronghold where he was once posted as major-general would be the place he'd like to represent. But if Sonthi does enter the race, he could end up delivering the election to the very forces he tried...
Others, however, say that a move toward public service becomes less and less likely over the years. "When I leave Law School, I'll have loans totalling $40,000 to $45,000 to pay off over 10 years," says Philip J. Buri, a second-year law student. "It may be that I hold out in public service for three or so years, but what if start having to raise kids and become hardened and cynical...
...pick of the upper and middle classes, while three-and four-digit numbers games appeal to a more downscale market. In Arizona, a state-funded study found that lottery regulars are predominantly white males with a median age of 36 and a household income of $20,000. Says Charlie Buri, who voted against Arizona's lottery but now serves as its director: "People aren't taking the bread and milk off the table to play the lottery...
...close-as-possible look at the new Cambodia, which is all but closed to foreigners, TIME Correspondent David DeVoss visited three camps in Thailand, at the border provinces of Surin, Chantha-buri and Trat, which have been set up for some of the thousands of refugees who have run the gauntlet of mines, snipers and punji stick booby traps along the frontier to reach freedom. His report...