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...said a leader of Thailand's anti-government protest movement, the "final battle." On one side, the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), a hodgepodge group of demonstrators that has occupied Government House, Thailand's seat of power, since late August, forcing newly elected Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat to work out of the VIP lounge of Bangkok's old airport. Pitted against the PAD are those associated with former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a military coup in 2006. On the evening of Oct. 6, members of the PAD swarmed the streets around parliament in what they...
...protesters who had parts of their legs blown off by what police said were exploding tear gas canisters. A police spokesman said the action was taken to clear a road to parliament for cabinet members to attend Somchai's speech later in the day. A few days earlier, the PAD's leadership had also taken a hit when two of its founders were arrested and charged with insurrection and inciting unrest. One of those detained was PAD cofounder Chamlong Srimuang, an elderly retired general who later refashioned himself as a Buddhist ascetic...
...We’re not qualified to pad people’s resumes,” Alexander-Hoeppner added, in reference to the students who determine membership in the law journals, which may become the new mark of excellence...
...history in the making, but who knows it’s history when you’re just doing it,” Betsy Siggins Smith says of the past 50 years of Club Passim. Opened in 1958 as Club 47, Passim has served as a launching pad for several legendary folk musicians, including Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, and Joni Mitchell. Siggins Smith, the club’s artistic director, began her career at Passim as a waitress in 1959, crossing over the Charles from Boston University to Cambridge with close friend Joan Baez. Today, Passim continues to provide opportunities...
...Oval Office. McCain picking Palin is a big insult to the electorate and to intelligent women everywhere. The first criterion to gauge a candidate's readiness for the presidency is his judgment. And McCain has failed this test pretty badly. No matter how the GOP spinmeisters pad Palin's alarmingly thin record of public service, the majority of the American people are, hopefully, smart enough to see through their tactics. C. Echevarria-Leary, Pinole, Calif...