Less than two years ago, Myanmar's leaders were doing all they could to silence pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Now they're poised to welcome her into parliament. The sudden relaxation of political shackles on the Nobel laureate has raised the inevitable questions of why, and what do they want in return? One expert said Myanmar's new leaders, who were elected to power in a vote derided as a "sham" in November 2010, had tired of being ostracised by the international community. It's about time those nutjobs realised what they were turning their nation into and backed out without needing a coup. In other news, Tuareg separatist rebels in the north of Mali have claimed Gao, Kidal, and Timbuktu.
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