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Burma's state media quoted a government official saying the situation in the country was "returning to normal." This as the death toll from last week's cyclone is estimated, by some, to be as high as 100,000, as bodies float in waterways, as shortages of water, rice, medicine and fuel, as well as fear of disease, grip the populace and people swarm shops and and dash toward any location where they think they can find supplies to help them make it through the crisis...
...Burmese military troops participating in the clean-up effort. In September, when thousands of monks led country-wide protests against rising commodity prices, soldiers from the 450,000-strong army responded with chilling brutality, sending rounds of live ammunition into the burgundy-robed demonstrators. The official government death toll was 31, although international observers believe the actual figure was far higher. For months after the massacre, soldiers patrolled the streets, flushing out suspected dissidents and crushing small protests against the upcoming constitutional referendum. But in the immediate aftermath of last weekend's storm, troops were almost nowhere to be seen...
...findings echo previous studies on the mental health toll faced by the more than 1.6 million U.S. troops deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. In a comprehensive survey released this month by the think tank Rand Corporation, researchers concluded that nearly 20% of returning military personnel from these two fronts - about 300,000 service members - suffer symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. Left untreated, PTSD and depression could cost the nation as much as $6.2 billion in medical care and indirect costs during the two years that follow deployment, the Rand researchers estimated. "We need to remove the institutional cultural barriers...
...campaign is encouraging students to hit polling places now, where they can register to vote and cast their ballots in a single trip. Potential voters can have the nearest polling location sent to them by text message, find it on the campaign's website or call a toll-free phone number...
...Livingstone loses, it won't simply be due to his association with an unpopular national government. Some of Livingstone's own antics in office have also provoked mirth - and anger. He won international praise for his pioneering congestion charging scheme that levies a toll on motorists entering central London. His calm response to the July 2005 terror attacks on the capital and his leadership in securing the 2012 Olympic Games for the city have also enhanced his reputation. But he's been damaged by the departure of two aides amid allegations of cronyism at City Hall, and he has been...