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That plea was widely interpreted to mean that the government doubted the loyalty of its own troops, and its concern seemed largely justified. Of the nine regional commands in Burma, all headed by brigadier generals, about half are said to remain loyal to Ne Win. But regional command troops are locally recruited and almost certainly would not fire on their own people if ordered; nor would their junior officers. Last week a captain of one of three elite infantry divisions in Rangoon went over to the opposition, creating a new wash of speculation about the fealty of even the most...
Vice President George Bush has also taken a Harvard faculty member onto his staff, having made Public Policy Lecturer Richard N. Haass foreign policy advisor to his campaign. Director of the Institute of Politics Richard L. Thornburgh replaced Edwin Meese III as Attorney General, and may remain at this post if Bush wins the election...
...even with Bennett gone, colleges and universities are not off the hook. While the next Republican administration will probably realize the futility of slashing federal funding for student aid and avoid polarizing the education community the way Bennett did, pressure to keep tuitions down will remain...
Mpati said ASAS would remain apolitical to better attract large numbers of students...
...wave of violence comes a day after military commander Saw Maung overthrew the government of civilian President Maung Maung. The former president's whereabouts remain unknown...