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...THAKSIN UNDER FIRE? When the Prime Minister first took office in 2001, Thailand was still struggling to overcome the Asian financial crisis. Thaksin boosted domestic demand with cheap loans and government handouts. By 2003, Thailand was leading the pack of Southeast Asian tigers. The same year, Thaksin declared war on Thailand's drug trade, cracking down on suppliers and small-time dealers. Over 2,500 of them died-killed, said government officials, by other criminals. (Human-rights groups claimed the killings were carried out by Thai security forces.) The campaign was welcomed by ordinary Thais fed up with the prevalence...
...provides the kinds of experience usually reserved for Kate Moss, Brad Pitt and their A-list cohorts: head to a premiere, paparazzi in pursuit; then step out of a stretch limo onto a red carpet to pose between beefy bodyguards as snappers jostle for position and an adoring press pack asks you to tell them how you came to be quite so fabulous. Anyone can stage their night as a notable with Soirée de Star's celebrity-status package. Since its launch last year, the company has magicked up hundreds of swanky evenings for clients eager to turn...
...rhythm, posting only 22 kills—nine in the third game—the rest of the way. Besides McKiernan’s team-leading 15 kills, only four Crimson players notched more than one kill, with junior middle hitter Andy Nelson leading the rest of the pack with five.As a result, NJIT ran away with the match, scraping past Harvard with a 30-24 victory in game two before closing out the Crimson, 30-16.But the Harvard players took solace in the fact that they had learned how to stop the Highlander offense from succeeding...
...steel. Both are trying to build themselves up as Europe-based global titans, believing that a worldwide consolidation is necessary to bring stability and sustainability to a volatile industry. Mittal has long argued that the industry's future will brighten if several huge players emerge from the scrappy pack of smaller firms. "Steel will always remain a cyclical industry," he told Time. "But if we are strong in financial health and stick with our principles and vision, we will reduce the effect of the volatility...
...said. “It’s great that we are getting more and more people to reach that level.”The 200-yard butterfly would yield even better results for the Crimson, as it claimed all three top spots in the event. Bassi led the pack, winning by almost four seconds and grabbing an NCAA “B” cut time—qualifying her to compete in the NCAAs later this season. Senior Jane Evans and O’Connor finished in second and third respectively.Slaight continued the winning streak with...