gical expedition, to Persia, and fuelled his ambitions as a naturalist. In addition to Persia and Sulawesi, Gerd would lead zoological expeditions to Burma, Angola, Tanzania and elsewhere. While collecting specimens around the world, he was able to pursue an abiding passion, ichneumons, "mysterious and

more self-reliant". Indeed, for a regime to be sanctioned is to receive an elixir: witness Castro, Gaddafi, the ayatollahs and the ruling cliques of Burma, Afghanistan and North Korea. That sanctioned regimes sometimes come to an end is not proof that sanctions work, rather that they take a long time an

ve repeatedly faltered" since three statesmen were honored for their work in 1994; and Aung San Suu Kyi, honored in 1991, has rejected evidence that Burma "has systematically and brutally persecuted the country's Rohingya Muslim minority." The Big Picture Headlines From Today's Front Pages. Wall Str

anistan. • Social Media Post By US Embassy In Beijing Creates Controversy. • Speaker Of Maldivian Parliament Injured In Blast. • NYTimes Analysis: Burma Has Revived Censorship And Oppressive Policing. • Blinken Affirms Support For Ukraine While Calling For Kyiv To Address Graft. • Blinken Says "Jury

ays Forces Have Taken Control Of Shushi. • Police Spray Water Cannons At Protesters In Thailand. • Suu Kyi's Party Expected To Keep Its Strength In Burma's Parliament. • Ethiopia's PM Reshuffles Cabinet Amid Ongoing Tigray Conflict. • Socialist Party Returns To Power In Bolivia. The Big Picture • H

ro- democracy campaigners...are championing President Trump's claims of an electoral victory," and "human rights activists and religious leaders" in Burma and Vietnam "are expressing reservations" about Joe Biden's "ability to keep authoritarians in check." According to the Times, "it is precisely Mr.

Lanka. The New York Times (7/8, Beech, 18.61M) reports on "the rise of militant Buddhism" in the wake of "ethnic cleansing" of Buddhist Rohingya in Burma and ongoing violence in Sri Lanka. The Times says "some Buddhists, especially those who subscribe to the purist Theravada strain of the faith, are

tary Leaders. The Wall Street Journal (2/22, Mandhana, Subscription Publication, 8.41M) reports the Treasury Department on Monday added two more of Burma's "top military officers to its blacklist of leaders sanctioned earlier in February after the coup toppled the democratically elected government. T

rials. • UK Begins Easing Lockdown. • Lopez Obrador Announces Autopsy Result For Murdered Prisoner. • Thailand Begins Sending Ethnic Karen Back To Burma. • US Considering New Sanctions On North Korea. • NYTimes Analysis: China Working To Build New World Order Not Beholden To US. • Australian PM Ann

Do More To Save Burma. The Washington Post (5/25, 10.52M) editorializes that the "unmitigated brutality" of the military junta that seized power in Burma through a coup in February "has provoked a relatively strong international response. ... But Western governments are still holding back from measur

e repeatedly faltered" since three statesmen were honored for their work in 1994; and Aung San Suu Kyi, honored in 1991, has rejected evidence that Burma "has systematically and brutally persecuted the country's Rohingya Muslim minority." THE BIG PICTURE Headlines From Today's Front Pages. Wall Str

ro-democracy campaigners...are championing President Trump's claims of an electoral victory," and "human rights activists and religious leaders" in Burma and Vietnam "are expressing reservations" about Joe Biden's "ability to keep authoritarians in check." According to the Times, "it is precisely Mr.

ays Forces Have Taken Control Of Shushi. • Police Spray Water Cannons At Protesters In Thailand. • Suu Kyi's Party Expected To Keep Its Strength In Burma's Parliament. • Ethiopia's PM Reshuffles Cabinet Amid Ongoing Tigray Conflict. • Socialist Party Returns To Power In Bolivia. EFTA00149020 THE B

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oup." The KNU, "which operates in the east along the border with Thailand, said it was bracing for a major government offensive. 'Now, thousands of Burma military ground troops are advancing into our territories from all fronts,' the group said in a statement." According to Reuters, the KNU "urged th

s Rohingya "Genocide." Politico (8/9, Toosi, 6.73M) reports President Biden and Administration officials have declined to describe the treatment of Burma's Rohingya as "genocide" despite the fact that "multiple investigations, including by United Nations officials, have determined the Rohingya were vi

an Pratt to be U.S. Ambassador to Djibouti; Barbera Hale Thornhill to be U.S. Ambassador to Singapore; Thomas Laszlo Vajda to be U.S. Ambassador to Burma; and Kenneth Weinstein to be U.S. Ambassador to Japan; /1:15 AM • Senate Banking Committee nominations hearing - Business meeting to consider the

"a new history." Burmese Anti-Junta Militia Retreats From Town. Reuters (5/16) reports that the Chinland Defense Force, a militia group opposed to Burma's Tatmadaw junta, has retreated from the town of Mindat in northwestern Burma after an assault from government forces. The US and Britain called on

Do More To Save Burma. The Washington Post (5/25, 10.52M) editorializes that the "unmitigated brutality" of the military junta that seized power in Burma through a coup in February "has provoked a relatively strong international response. ... But Western governments are still holding back from measur

more self-reliant". Indeed, for a regime to be sanctioned 1s to receive an elixir: witness Castro, Gaddafi, the ayatollahs and the ruling cliques of Burma, Afghanistan and North Korea. That sanctioned regimes sometimes come to an end is not proof that sanctions work, rather that they take a long time an