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...Second Time Around THAILAND Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra became the country's first Premier to be re-elected, as his Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party scored a landslide victory in the general election. TRT won 70% of the popular vote, and 375 plus of parliament's 500 seats. However, Thaksin's party fared badly in three mainly Muslim southern provinces, failing to win any of the 11 seats up for grabs...
...feng shui philosophy for window placement to extra bedrooms for the parents who often live with newlywed couples. But a Disneyland syndrome affects other suburbs. At Thames Town, one of the English-style developments that make up Songjiang New Town, an ad campaign advises that anyone fond of steeplechasing, Premier League soccer and the Beatles should consider joining the 8,000 fortunate folks who will ultimately live in this housing complex. Naturally, Thames Town will have a British exhibition hall where planners envision screening a James Bond film festival, and a church where, says one promotional poster, "you can adopt...
...past, the NDRC would have backed up the power companies," says Yang Fuqiang, chief China representative for the U.S.-based Energy Foundation, a clean-power advocacy group. "Its support is a sign that [China's] leaders want to back SEPA up." Just days after the Jan. 18 ban, Premier Wen Jiabao praised SEPA at a meeting of senior officials, saying he was pleased to see it "getting down to business." In the end, however, it's unlikely SEPA will be able to hold up construction once the assessments are complete, even though such support has helped the agency bare...
Intercollegiate No. 4 senior Michael Blumberg, who had the only Crimson victory against Trinity at the No. 4 position, played his first match of the year at the No. 1 spot. Blumberg found himself in the most competitive match of the afternoon playing against Penn’s premier player, Gilly Lane. But Blumberg fought through the fatigue of playing two pressure matches in three days and managed to remain undefeated on the year, pulling out 9-0 victory in the fifth game and winning...
Suchde, clearly disappointed that his match meant nothing and slightly hampered by a sore hamstring, couldn’t keep up with Samper. The Bantams’ premier player ran Suchde all over the court, beating him handily in three straight games...