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...political situation was exacerbated late last month when a tribunal hand-picked by the junta dissolved Thailand's largest political party - Thai Rak Thai (TRT), which had been founded by billionaire Thaksin - as punishment for committing electoral fraud. Although the ruling generals have promised to hold elections by the end of this year, removing the nation's most popular party from contention threw Thailand's democratic future further into question. Indeed, during the weekend marches, emotions overflowed and a few demonstrators clashed with police, even beating up an ex-Senator who had been critical of Thaksin. On Sunday, the junta...
...ruling party, further unsettling a nation that has suffered more than a year of political chaos that culminated in last September's military coup. The Thai Rak Thai Party (TRT) - formed by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in last fall's putsch - was found guilty of electoral fraud stemming from annulled elections last spring. The Tribunal barred more than 100 executives from the party leadership from engaging in political activity for five years after finding that TRT had illegally bankrolled smaller parties in order to make the April 2006 elections appear legitimate. (Separate charges against the main opposition...
...dean of admissions, Marilee Jones, Michael Kinsley seriously missed the point [May 14]. The question is not whether a non--college graduate can do a great job. This is a fundamental question of character and whether we value actual honesty over the honesty of convenience. Jones is a fraud who lived a lie for 28 years...
...civil rights division who worked at the Justice Department for 35 years before leaving in 2005, says that from 2001 to 2006, no voting discrimination cases were brought on behalf of African-American or Native American voters. Instead, he alleges, U.S.attorneys were told to give priority to voter-fraud cases, which civil rights groups have long contended are actually meant to depress voter turnout in minority communities...
...VOTER FRAUD Ballots were easily stolen from unzipped bags, stuffing was widespread, and a shortage of flimsy paper ballots left millions of voters without a voice. An army truck carrying thousands of filled-out ballots was found even before the polls opened...