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...week overthrew Thailand’s Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, leader of the populist Thai Rak Thai party. Thaksin, who at the time was in New York to address the U.N. General Assembly, declared a state of emergency and has not yet returned to Thailand. Thailand is currently under martial law but Sonthi has promised to hand over power to a democratic government by next Tuesday. According to the Office of International Programs, there are no Harvard undergraduates currently studying in Thailand, and no students are scheduled for study abroad in Thailand this spring. Nonetheless, the coup in Thailand...
...Welcome to democracy, Thai style. Late on Tuesday evening, with satellite feeds of BBC and CNN intermittently jammed, a military spokesman announced on Thai TV that the armed forces, under the command of Army Chief Gen. Sondhi Boonyaratkalin, had taken over Bangkok and surrounding areas and was declaring martial law. The spokesman blamed the military's extreme measures on what he termed corrupt practices by Thaksin, alleging that the Prime Minister had hampered the workings of both parliament and the courts. Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, a constitutional monarch, was reaffirmed as head of state, while the spokesman promised that...
...lithe, athletic club dancer who, as the star of the 1990 documentary Paris is Burning popularized vogue dancers, a then-obscure subculture of New York City drag ballrooms; of AIDS-related heart failure; in New York City. The charismatic, self-described "butch-queen," born William Leake, later taught the martial arts-inspired movements in Europe, worked as a runway model for designers like Jean Paul Gaultier and taught fashionistas like Naomi Campbell how to strut with flair...
...athletic club dancer who, as the star of the 1990 dance-club documentary Paris Is Burning, popularized vogue dancers, a then obscure subculture of New York City drag ballrooms; of AIDS-related heart failure; in New York City. Born William Leake, the charismatic, self- described "butch queen" taught the martial-arts-inspired movements in Europe, worked as a runway model for designers like Jean Paul Gaultier and taught fashionistas like Naomi Campbell how to strut with flair...
...Mark Keith, who presided over the proceeding, is expected to decide within the next few days whether to recommend a court-martial for Lt. Watada. If one takes place, and Watada is convicted, he could face up to seven years in prison...