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...Thaksin returned to Thailand on Feb. 28, ending 17 months of exile that began when he was deposed in a bloodless military coup. Thousands of jubilant Thais greeted him at the airport. The former PM faces charges of corruption and abuse of power, which he has denied. But the court cases matter little to Thaksin's many supporters. Even though he has vowed to stay away from politics, a local polling center found that Thaksin is still Thailand's most popular politician. "Everyone says, 'Oh, half of Thailand hates Thaksin,'" says Soonthon Prueksapipat, a website employee who went...
...ever since. Especially on primary days, when campaigns go silent until the results come in, Obama slips away to a gym - though it tells you something about him that he usually doesn't let anyone watch. On Tuesday, Team Obama found the Concord Athletic Club near the San Antonio airport, where he played five on five with aides and his Secret Service detail. He is captain, coach and referee all at once, signaling teammates to set up plays. A lefty, Obama keeps opponents off balance: fake right, then go left with a very quick crossover dribble and a finish...
...territorial integrity by granting greater autonomy to regional governments and for negotiating with the Basque separatist group ETA. Rajoy put these concerns front and center in Monday's debate, sharply criticizing Zapatero for "deceiving Spaniards by continuing to negotiate with terrorists" after the December 2006 bombing at Barajas airport that killed two people...
...worth the effort? Some critics - like Greenpeace activists who breached Heathrow security Monday to protest the airport's proposed third runway - argue it makes more sense simply to fly less. Others argue there are bigger, more realistic environmental gains to be made by building more efficient airplanes. Boeing's 787 Dreamliner, once it's finally shipped out to its buyers, is expected to burn 20% less fuel than similar-sized planes - and that plane will be in commercial use in just a few months. As priorities go in aviation sustainability, "Right now [biofuel] will be very low," Virgin Atlantic...
...French-made ATR 42-300 carrying 43 passengers and three crew members took off from Merida's airport about 5 p.m. and was declared missing 30 minutes later, officials said. The duration of the flight was to have been an hour and 45 minutes...