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...turnaround might be achieved, there's one point of unanimity: disunity is toxic. "Divided parties don't win elections," Ed Miliband warned a rally in Manchester. His elder brother, Foreign Secretary David Miliband, declared his loyalty to Brown, but he is seen as the front runner to replace the PM, and relations between the Foreign Office and Downing Street of late have been about as cordial as those between Britain and Russia. And though David Miliband has not done so himself, some MPs have called for a leadership contest, among them Fiona Mactaggart, a former minister. "I think Labour...
...Prachanda chooses China over India," growled a headline in the Times of India, referring to Nepal's new PM by the nom de guerre the ex-Maoist rebel had used during a decade-long insurgency waged in the Himalayan foothills. That war changed the political landscape of Nepal. Dahal's trip to the Bird's Nest, in the eyes of India's hawks, threatened to upset the order of things in the whole region...
...undeniable who my relatives are, but I will do things the right way.' SOMCHAI WONGSAWAT, Thailand's newly elected Prime Minister, on his brother-in-law, exiled former PM Thaksin Shinawatra...
...intoxicated many rural-poor voters. Although the military claimed legitimacy by accusing Thaksin of misrule, the appearance of tanks on the streets pulled the country back to the bad old days when putsches, not polls, were the mechanism for changing governments. Thaksin's party was banned, and the deposed PM was charged with corruption and abuse of power. The generals did keep a promise to hold elections, which Samak's People Power Party (PPP) won handily last December. But Samak initially campaigned as a proxy for Thaksin, the very man whom the coup was supposed to remove from the political...
...Tokyo Japan Searches for a New PM Yasuo Fukuda resigned as Japan's Prime Minister amid widespread discontent over his inability to shepherd legislation through the nation's deadlocked parliament. When he took office less than a year ago, Fukuda was expected to bring stability to Japan, the world's second largest economy, following the resignation of his predecessor, Shinzo Abe, after 12 months on the job. The ruling party's secretary general, Taro Aso, is the front runner to succeed Fukuda, with Yuriko Koike emerging as a possible challenger. The party will vote on Sept...