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...past two decades, Burma's generals have doubled the army's size to 450,000 soldiers, making it one of the largest military forces in the world. More than one-third of the nation's budget is spent on this massive establishment. The military also runs kindergartens, medical schools and technical colleges, open only to its own personnel - thus creating a state within a state whose primary purpose is to train Burma's future ruling class. Signs of internal dissent are quickly suppressed. Khin Nyunt, the former head of military intelligence who was once hailed as a potential reformer...
...small part in his first film, Remember the Titans, in 2000. But it wasn't until later that year, on the set of The Believer, Gosling says, that "I realized I would act for free." Since then, by Hollywood standards, he virtually has, opting mostly for low-budget indies over the kind of effects spectaculars that buy a guy his first yacht. "Everyone's like 'Wow, you really slummed it on Half Nelson,'" he says. "For two months of work I made way more than my dad would make in a year working at a paper mill...
Though some House Committee (HoCo) chairs and student organization leaders were enthusiastic about the possibilities of an expanded social budget, Zak Tanjeloff ’08, a resident of the 10-man party suite in Currier House, said the absence of party funds will hamper his room’s ability to throw parties for the rest of the school...
...Malik, President of the Supreme Court Bar Association, said that the court decision was "academic." On Thursday, a group of lawyers lead by Malik submitted nomination papers for their own presidential candidate, former Supreme Court Justice Wajihudin Ahmed. With less than nine days to campaign and a non-existent budget, Ahmed has no chance of actually winning the election, but that is beside the point. Malik intends to bring a new case to the Supreme Court next week charging that Musharraf's candidacy, proscribed by the constitution because he already holds military office, infringes on Ahemd's right...
...Among the most surprising developments in Bush's fall spending offensive has been the Administration's return to the issue of entitlement reform. His proposed 2008 budget calls for cutting as much as $57 billion from Medicare over the next five years by cutting waste and abuse, tying provider payments to productivity and increasing fees on the wealthy, as well as another $30 billion or so in cuts to Medicaid and other entitlement programs. "Whether we balance the budget or whether or not the appropriations bills are done on time, these are all important goals, but they pale in comparison...