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...ingrained fear of invasion. Burma has been occupied by many foreign powers over the centuries and riven by ethnic insurgencies since its independence from Britain in 1948. The Burmese military's historical role is to safeguard the country from all foes, foreign and domestic. The generals regard a threat to their regime as a threat to the nation. This might seem "misguided, even deluded," observes Andrew Selth, a Burma analyst with Australia's Griffith University, but the generals' fear of invasion is real and has been constantly stoked by Western actions and rhetoric. During pro-democracy protests...
...requirement as part of its business-continuity plan? Most likely yes, but Swain is betting that few non-health-care companies would be willing to endure the inevitable protests against such a policy. "In health care, it strengthens an employer's argument that an employee might cause a direct threat by not being vaccinated," she says. (See pictures of thermal scanners hunting for swine...
...Climate change is no longer a future threat,” McKibben said. “It is a very present crisis breaking over our heads this moment, by far the greatest crisis our species has seen...
...Right before I’m supposed to board my plane for Boston, I get an e-mail from the sponsors saying that we have a problem,” he said, citing the “threat of a disturbance” as the reason given for his exclusion. He was given the news of the invitation’s withdrawal five days before he was scheduled to speak...
Harvard, looking to safeguard its cash supply from the increasing threat of losses associated with the swaps, decided to post $500 million in collateral this past year to terminate agreements on $1.1 billion of its debt. In addition, the University will pay another $425 million over the next 30 to 40 years for new “offsetting” interest rate swaps, which will essentially negate the effect of the original swaps on $764 million of its debt...