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...Washington Post last week, Defense Intelligence Agency analysts studying satellite photographs had spotted seemingly persuasive evidence of an American prisoner-of-war camp in Laos. The Central Intelligence Agency then trained and organized a group of Laotian mercenaries-many of them Hmong hill tribesmen-who crossed the border from Thailand and got close enough to take more definitive photos on the ground. The sad conclusion, according to Defense Department Spokesman Henry Catto: "There is no evidence that would lead us to believe there are Americans being held in Laos...
...first it looked like just another coup in Thailand-the 14th since constitutional government was established in 1932. Rebel army units took key buildings in Bangkok last week, sacked the government and installed their own man, General San Chitpatima, 59, the army's deputy commander. Coup tradition dictated that the incumbent, Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanond, 61, step aside for the new soldier-statesman...
...Indonesian commandos had flown to Bangkok two days prior to the attack. After initial reluctance the Thais agreed to deploy 50 army sharpshooters around the DC-9 to back up the Indonesian antiterrorist force. Other governments concurred in the no-deals approach. Said U.S. Ambassador to Thailand Morton Abramowitz, reflecting Washington's sentiment: "The only way to deal with terrorists is a firm refusal to give in to their demands...
...Daily. The Chinese want to see the emergence of a multilateral defense arrangement. Singapore's Rajaratnam agrees: "Since the U.S. cannot meet the threat on its own, what is needed in Asia is a collective defense system including the U.S., the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines), Australia, New Zealand and Canada, with South Korea and China as components. The Japanese, too, must contribute their share to the security of this area. They have got to get away from their old policy of saying, 'We'll make the Toyotas; you provide...
Mechai's antic approach to family planning has made him a national hero. Condoms are now known as Mechais, a fact that he frequently bewails in mock despair. Half Scottish and related to the King of Thailand by marriage, Mechai, 40, is an economist by profession and, as director of Community-Based Family Planning Services, a performer by necessity. As most of the nation now knows, he will do anything to get his message across. Last year, on the King's birthday, he offered free vasectomies (146 accepted). He makes a prize stud hog available at half price...