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...With nationwide elections slated for next year, Burma's ethnic minorities may soon lose what little sovereignty they have left. The junta claims the polls are the final step in creating what it calls a "discipline-flourishing democracy," after it ignored the results of the last elections back in 1990. International human-rights groups, however, decry the process as little more than a choreographed exercise designed to legitimize the junta and stamp out any threats to its power. In April, the Burmese government informed the cease-fire groups that as part of the electoral run-up they would have...
...popular with 30-, 40- and 50-somethings as with the college students who pioneered it - they have found ways to reconnect with one another. And who better to get in touch with than an old flame? "Facebook makes it easier for you to take that first step of finding someone again," explains Rainer Romero-Canyas, a psychology research scientist at Columbia University. "It has finally provided a way for people to reach out to someone without fear of rejection." The Boston Phoenix even coined a term, retrosexuals, for people who are taking the plunge into recycled love...
...place for any victory other than one over your own self. There’s nothing to lose in working out (except maybe weight); even though the person on the treadmill next to you might have hit the five-mile marker first, your own run was still a successful step on the path toward good health. It should be met with a sense of accomplishment, not defeat...
...drive in the third quarter, Harvard struggled to establish a solid run game.Despite earning only two yards in the fourth quarter, Gordon led the Crimson’s rushing front with 67 yards and a touchdown.With Gordon out of the game, freshman Treavor Scales took the reins. Forced to step up, the rookie contributed 11 yards in the fourth after running for 20 on five carries in the previous three quarters. Scales showed promise but could not comprise an effective run game by himself.“He’s a tough kid—poised...
...into the care of a convicted sex offender. To add further embarrassment, Victoria's Community Services Minister Lisa Neville only found out about the incest case on the day the paper ran the story. Australia's conservative opposition, the Liberal Party of Australia, is now calling for Neville to step down. "The clear lack of knowledge that the minister had of any of these issues displays a fundamental failure, and lack of competency on her behalf," said Mary Wooldridge, an MP for the Liberal Party. "She is not doing...