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...events is huge: Tibetan activists hung a banner from the Golden Gate Bridge on Monday, and thousands attended a vigil on the eve of the flame's arrival. A slew of other activists are congregating around the issue, from advocates for Burmese democracy (China backs the country's junta) to nudists who want the Olympics to revert to the custom of ancient Greece and have the athletes compete naked. The San Francisco police department canceled all vacations and leaves to prepare for Wednesday's relay...
...Varin is one of the most renowned soothsayers in Thailand, where occult beliefs are common. His famous patrons are thought to include the former head of the military junta, Sonthi Boonyaratglin, a retired general who in September 2006 oversaw Thaksin's bloodless overthrow, ushering in more than a year of military rule before the elections last December that brought Samak to power. (The current P.M. openly campaigned as Thaksin's proxy, since the former leader is currently barred from re-entering Thai politics.) At an astrological ceremony on Sunday, Varin played host to associates of the military regime who have...
During his two months in power, Thailand's new Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej has declared war on various fronts. The feisty former governor of Bangkok has promised to rip up the country's current constitution, which was unveiled by the military junta that preceded Samak's ruling coalition. He has declared a no-holds-barred battle against Thailand's drug dealers, a fight that echoes a previous campaign by former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the man widely considered to be Samak's political overlord. Samak has even vowed to imprison illegal immigrants who are members of a Burmese minority group...
...Something is better than nothing.' KYAW HSAN, Burma's Information Minister, on the junta's proposed new constitution, which would establish a civilian government but allows the military to maintain effective control of the country...
...Epicurean Masters of the World," a Michelin-starred extravaganza at a cost per head of 1 million baht (around $28,000). Despite the hefty check, the dinner event was fully booked - and it received its share of official criticism, coming at a moment when Thailand's then-ruling military junta was unveiling an economic policy based, in part, on scaling back ostentatious shows of wealth. The dinner also mystified many ordinary Thais, who are used to dining on some of the world's tastiest street food for no more than a dollar a plate...