euronews24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Key events in life of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej: • Dec. 5, 1927: Born in Cambridge, Mass., grandson of King Chulalongkorn and son of Prince Mahidol, medical student at Harvard. Family returns to Thailand when Mahidol dies in 1929.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Key events in life of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej:- Dec. 5, 1927: Born in Cambridge, Mass., grandson of King Chulalongkorn and son of Prince Mahidol, medical student at Harvard. Family returns to Thailand when Mahidol dies in 1929.- March 2, 1935: Bhumibol's brother Ananda named king.- June 9, 1946: Ananda dies in palace bedroom of never explained gunshot wound. Bhumibol named king.-...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | yesterday
Last updated December 4, 2008 10:40 a.m. PTHighlights in life of Thailand's monarchBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESSKey events in life of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej:- Dec. 5, 1927: Born in Cambridge, Mass., grandson of King Chulalongkorn and son of Prince Mahidol, medical student at Harvard. Family returns to Thailand when Mahidol dies in 1929.- March 2, 1935: Bhumibol's brother Ananda named king.-...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday
Posted on Thursday, 12.04.08 Thailand: A King and His TimesThe Associated PressThailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, 81, is the world's longest-serving head of state.Dec. 5, 1927-Bhumibol is born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is the grandson of King Chulalongkorn and the son of Prince Mahidol, a medical student at Harvard University. The family returns to Thailand after Prince Mahidol dies in...
WayOdd (Free subscription) | yesterday
... participating in future elections for several years.Thitinan Pongsudhirak, political scientist at Chulalongkorn University, told the International Herald Tribune, "It would have been a very difficult speech in a deeply polarized time... It is possible that His Majesty did not want to be used by one side or another, did not want to be seen as tipping the balance to one side or another."The...
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday
... difficult speech in a deeply polarized time," said Thitinan Pongsudhirak, a political scientist at Chulalongkorn University."It is possible that His Majesty did not want to be used by one side or another, did not want to be seen as tipping the balance to one side or another."His scheduled address came as operations were returning to normal at Suvarnabhumi International Airport after a weeklong...
Today In the Sky (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
... in essence taken the country hostage. Panitan Wattanayagorn, a professor of political science at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok told the that "the gateway to the country is now blocked. This is an acute problem for the government."The Tribune added that Suvarnabhumi airport is the world's 18th largest in terms of passenger traffic. "It is the main conduit for tourists and businesspeople...
