EDITORIAL It's time to wipe the slate clean
Dysfunctional watchdogs enable corrupt politicians to cause greater damage than they could otherwise
STOPPAGE TIME Where do we go from here after the court ruling?
Wanted: A personal secretary who can handle 50 phone calls a day and accurately analyse sticky legal and constitutional matters that the country's top judicial brains are exhausting themselves over.
Drum beats louder for UN action on Burma
The news from Burma keeps getting worse, and yet the world is standing idly by and failing to act, as this growing crisis in Asia is overshadowed by the confrontation over Iran's nuclear programme and the ongoing genocide in Darfur, Sudan. According to recent news reports, Burmese troops are waging their biggest military campaign in recent memory, uprooting more than 11,000 ethnic Karen and conducting a widespread campaign punctuated by killing, torture and the burning of villages.
