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Times Online (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Thaksin Shinawatra: [My election victory in 2001] was the first time in Thai history that one party won half of parliament's seats. We won a landslide – half of parliament's seats - and we formed a coalition government. And it was the first time in Thai history we stayed for a four-year term without the House being dissolved. And it's the first time in Thai history that the prime minister was...
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France24 (Free subscription) | 52 minutes ago
Fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra urged the reform of institutions around Thailand's revered monarchy, a report said Monday, amid tensions over his impending visit to neighbouring Cambodia. Thaksin, who was ousted in a bloodless military coup in 2006, said that 81-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej was above politics but that "circles" around the palace were interfering with the running...
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Pitch Invasion (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
The Sweeper looks at the Poppy controversy in the Premier League, MLS Playoff results, and Lothar Matthaeus' "Idol" status in Germany. Related posts: Thaksin Shinawatra, Man City and Politics in Thailand War criminals, oligarchs, human rights abusers — oh, the joy of covering British football. We covered the first at Celtic... Politics, Borders and Football “One man’s defection...
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Pop Wuping (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Red Windows in Singapore by swisscan. Popweekly is a weekly report (at the beginning of the week instead of the end) which contains...
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Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
ASEAN urged Cambodia and Thailand to exercise restraint after tense relations between the two erupted this week when Cambodia named Thai ex-leader Thaksin Shinawatra its economic adviser.
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M|O|N|G|K|O|L (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
To most casual bystanders, who aren’t Thai, it’s obvious Cambodia owns the temple. Not only was the temple built by the Khmer in Khmer style, it was also built on land that had always belonged to the Khmer until Thailand took it over in one of their incursions, into what is now Cambodia, a few [...]
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Sify (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Thailand's fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has spent much of the past three years roaming the globe, shopping for diamonds in Africa, golfing at Asian resorts — and
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Financial Times (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Hun Sen, the Cambodian prime minister, seems to enjoy baiting his neighbours. His recent decision to make Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand's fugitive former prime minister...
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BURMA DEMOCRACY & DEVELOPMENT (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
The popularity rating of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva tripled after his decisive action of downgrading diplomatic ties with Cambodia, according to an Abac Poll survey released yesterday.In comparison to 23.3 per cent in the survey in September, Abhisit's popularity leaped to 68.6 per cent.The prime minister was most popular in the South (88.2 per cent), followed by the Central region (68.9
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World Affairs Board (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Thai-Cambodian border's situation worrying: Thai senior official English_Xinhua (http://www.chinaview.cn) 2009-11-06 16:08:30 Print BANGKOK, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Vasin Teeravechyan, advisor to the Thai Foreign Ministry and co-chairman of the Thai-Cambodian Joint Boundary Commission (JBC)...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Friday it will propose the cabinet meeting on Tuesday to revoke a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on overlapping maritime boundaries in the Gulf of Thailand signed with Cambodia in 2001. The MOU was signed by then-foreign minister Surakiart Sathirathai and Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister Sok An on June 14, 2001, under the Thaksin Shinawatra-led Administration....
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Financial Times (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Caustic nature of latest Cambodian-Thai spat over former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra reprises many previous disputes in the neighbours' often testing relations
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Thailand's fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has spent much of the past three years roaming the globe, shopping for diamonds in Africa, golfing at Asian resorts -- and humiliating the government from a distance.
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Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
BANGKOK: Thailand and Cambodia have recalled their respective ambassadors in a diplomatic row sparked by Phnom Penh's decision to install the fugitive former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra as an economic adviser.
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