Word: majestical
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...constitutional monarchy whose head of state is 81-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Thailand has stringent lèse-majesté laws on its books. Convictions can result in prison sentences of up to 15 years. On her first day of work last month, newly appointed Information and Communication Minister Ranongruk Suwanchawee told reporters that her main priority would be eradicating antimonarchy websites from Thai cyberspace. Earlier this month, she announced that the ministry was setting up a so-called war room to uncover such sites. Ranongruk says she would like to block 400 more sites but is awaiting court...
...Several Thais are currently being investigated after lèse-majesté complaints were lodged against them. (A private citizen can lodge such a complaint in Thailand.) Among those accused is a political ally of Thaksin Shinawatra, a self-exiled former Thai Prime Minister who was ousted in a 2006 army coup but who still commands support among the rural populace. Among other allegations, the generals accuse Thaksin of disrespecting the monarchy, a charge he denies...
Fourteen years after Princess Diana's good friend James Gilbey committed the lèse majesté of referring to Her Royal Highness as "Squidgy" in a bugged phone conversation, the British royal family has again fallen victim to a wiretapping scandal. Last week, London's Metropolitan Police [an error occurred while processing this directive] arrested journalist Clive Goodman, chief royal correspondent at Britain's largest Sunday tabloid, the News of the World (NOTW), for allegedly obtaining private information by hacking into mobile-phone voice-mail messages of top aides of Prince Charles. The Scoop: Why the arrest? According...
...them anonymous - in the French press. Some of the loudest critiques came from the adherents of one conservative pretender to the French presidency, Finance and Economic Minister Nicolas Sarkozy. The political spitfire's frank desire for Chirac's job, next up in 2007, may reek of lèse-majesté to the President and his camp, but that hasn't impeded Sarkozy's growing influence in the party. After a strong performance as a law-and-order Interior Minister, he emerged from the debacle of the regional elections with the crucial economic portfolio, further cementing his reputation...