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...morning of Oct. 29, at the Twenty Club discotheque, the three Yubamrung brothers, sons of powerful politician Chalerm Yubamrung, began trading blows with a group of plainclothes police. According to witnesses, Duangchalerm Yubamrung, the youngest of the brothers, had his party restrain Suvichai Rodwimud, a police officer awarded Crimebuster of the Year honors, as he executed him with a bullet to the head. Now Duangchalerm, a 20-year-old lieutenant attached to the army's Supreme Command until his ouster last week, is Thailand's most wanted man. But after three weeks, the suspect has yet to be found...
...international press abound with interviews in which ex-leftists denounce their own naivete and compete in attempts to ridicule their once-cherished notion of a “New Middle East.” As a direct result of this development, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, a highly controversial politician, is enjoying approval ratings that would make most self-respecting despots blush...
...city unions most likely to suffer direct hits from the fiscal crisis. He has even reached out to black activist Al Sharpton, something Giuliani never did. The meetings are evidence that part of the story Bloomberg sold voters is true: Being a CEO is not unlike being a politician. Bloomberg has long nurtured relationships. He tried to have lunch with everyone in his 7,600-person company. He's used to listening to people with a polite smile on his face...
David Woodberry, the former assistant to the master at Leverett, said “[Lewis] was a friendly, positive and funny young man—a pleasure to deal with in housing issues.... He would have become a wonderful politician...
Long has also proven himself to be a popular politician; he won the most votes in this fall’s council election of all candidates...