Given the events of the past week, it is not unreasonable to think that someday soon -- once Burma's democratic transition is complete-- Aung San Suu Kyi may become President of her country.
This is among the most amazing info-maps I have ever come across. Credit goes to Le Monde Diplomatique, which posted it to Relief Web for everyone to see and download.
New York Times reporter Anne Barnard spends some time with recent Syrian refugees in Lebanon. They tell her that the fighting is increasingly taking on a sectarian bent with neighbor fighting neighbor.