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Controversial changes. According to sources on capitol hill, former cia director general David Petraeus told lawmakers on friday that the original cia unclassified memo said it was an Al Qaedalinked terror attack. But that al qaeda part was excised in favor of a reference to extremist organizations. Before, it was given to members of congress and administration officials. Who made that change . The white house said that it only made one edit to the talking points, which was to call the ben ghazi site a government facility and not a consulate. White house Deputy National security advisor ben rh...

Forest. They have survived wars, and decades of dictatorship. But now, the future of myanmars timber elephants, and their handlers, is at risk. In order to make money, we have to fire some employees. Since logging extraction is reduced, they will be fired. With the myanmar government drastically reducing timber extraction by 2014, livelihoods are on the line. Yes, we are suffering because we have been working in this industry for a long time. After decades of lost opportunities, today myanmar is racing to catch up. Some of the changes sweeping through the country are wrenching, and will reach ...

The Junta is urgently strengthening its defences in Sittwe, Maungdaw, and other southern Rakhine State townships to resist the anticipated Arakan Army (AA) offensive. Local sources report that the Junta is also bolstering defensive measures in Kyaukphyu, Thandwe, Taungup, Manaung, Gwa, and Ann Townships. Fearing an AA offensive,police battalions and Junta troops have been

Putao-based resistance forces claimed to have successfully eliminated the entire Junta's 137th Light Infantry Battalion, en route to reinforce the 46th Infantry Battalion stationed in Sumprabum Township, Putao District, Kachin State. On May 18, resistance forces ambushed the advancing 137th Light Infantry Battalion, which was on its way to reinforce the 46th Infantry Battalion

The Junta's recent announcement of plans to revive the Myitsone hydroelectric dam project, dormant for over a decade, indicates a desperate attempt to deflect public attention away from the political and economic crisis and the chronic lack of foreign investment, according to analysts. On September 10, 2011, during President U Thein Sein's administration, the Myitsone project