Grassroots Anti-drug Activists Attacked in Myanmar, 14 Hurt

A grassroots anti-drug organization whose members are on a march through northern Myanmar to destroy opium poppies in farmers' fields say 14 of their members were wounded when they were attacked with automatic weapons and hand grenades. Members of the Pat Jasan organization said they did not know the identity of the men who attacked them Thursday as their march of more than 1,300 members continued through Kachin State. One member was previously shot to death and three wounded by...

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