Weird stuff on the Kazakh-Chinese border — and also ‘Buddhist vigilantes’ in Burma
I usually write this blog around 6 or 7 in the morning. There are days when my eyes kind of glaze over as I look at the overnight world news headlines: Bombs in Baghdad, drone strikes in Pakistan, and plane crashes in Nigeria. So when some news comes out of an unexpected place, I pay ...
I usually write this blog around 6 or 7 in the morning. There are days when my eyes kind of glaze over as I look at the overnight world news headlines: Bombs in Baghdad, drone strikes in Pakistan, and plane crashes in Nigeria.
So when some news comes out of an unexpected place, I pay attention. Few places on the planet can be more remote than a border post between Kazakhstan and China. That's where 14 soldiers and a game warden recently were killed in an unexplained incident. Reuters suspects drug smuggling. For all we know, could be a feud with aliens.
Another item about another obscure location from the same agency reports that "Buddhist vigilantes" attacked Muslims in western Burma. Isn't "Buddhist vigilantes" a bit like "Marine Corps pacifists"?
I usually write this blog around 6 or 7 in the morning. There are days when my eyes kind of glaze over as I look at the overnight world news headlines: Bombs in Baghdad, drone strikes in Pakistan, and plane crashes in Nigeria.
So when some news comes out of an unexpected place, I pay attention. Few places on the planet can be more remote than a border post between Kazakhstan and China. That’s where 14 soldiers and a game warden recently were killed in an unexplained incident. Reuters suspects drug smuggling. For all we know, could be a feud with aliens.
Another item about another obscure location from the same agency reports that “Buddhist vigilantes” attacked Muslims in western Burma. Isn’t “Buddhist vigilantes” a bit like “Marine Corps pacifists”?
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