Burma’s ruling junta staged a lavish welcoming ceremony for the country’s fifth white elephant captured in recent years as it arrived in the capital, state media reported today.

AFTER 46 years of unbroken military rule, many people, both inside and outside Burma, think it will take an act of God to get rid of the junta.

UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari arrived in Burma today for his second effort to reconcile the ruling military and its pro-democracy opponents.