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...charged itself with finding that alternative path. Led by a motley crew that includes a retired army general, a media mogul and a labor activist, it organized anti-Thaksin rallies back in 2006 that swelled to tens of thousands of people before the military finally toppled the former Prime Minister. Back then, the PAD accused Thaksin of graft and human-rights abuses, even going so far as to imply that the telecom tycoon had disrespected Thailand's monarch - an incendiary charge in a country where the King is deeply revered...
...explains why thousands of protesters have occupied Bangkok's Government House, Thailand's seat of power, for more than a week to call for the resignation of Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej. "It's taken for granted in the West that democracy is the best system," says Sondhi, a media mogul by day. "But all we are getting in Thailand is the same vicious circle of corrupt, power-hungry leaders. This system is not working...
...motley crew that includes a retired army general, a media mogul and a labor activist. In its previous incarnation back in 2006, the alliance organized anti-Thaksin rallies, which swelled to tens of thousands of people in the months before the military deposed the former Prime Minister in September. Back then, the PAD accused Thaksin of abuse of power and graft, even going so far as to imply that the billionaire tycoon showed disrespect to Thailand's monarch - an incendiary charge in a country where the King is deeply revered. Last December, after a period of military governance, the Thai...
...million of his own money into one of the country's costliest primary campaigns for the U.S. House of Representatives. If he wins Tuesday's closely contested race for the seat Senate-contender Mark Udall is vacating in Colorado's second congressional district, the 33-year-old Internet mogul will almost assuredly join Tammy Baldwin and Barney Frank as just the third openly gay member of Congress - and become the first openly gay freshman elected to the House...
...happened in a delivery room in Palm Beach, Florida: DONALD TRUMP'S transformation from a self-promoting symbol of '80s excess to a self-promoting symbol of '90s sensitivity. The financially straitened mogul stood by his girlfriend MARLA MAPLES' side throughout the birth of their love child, Tiffany Ariana.He even cut the umbilical cord. Twenty minutes later he was on the phone with reporters talking about the baby...