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...Singapore government, bought Shin Corp., Thailand's major telecommunications company, for $3.8 billion from the family of Thaksin Shinawatra, who at the time was Thailand's Prime Minister. Public outrage in Thailand over the sale of what was considered an important national asset to a Southeast Asia rival contributed to Thaksin's ouster as Prime Minister in a military coup in September...
...Kerik [Nov. 26]. Duffy's snapshot provided one of the most concise and intriguing portraits of a political animal that I have ever read. He truly captured Giuliani through the prism of his relationship with Kerik, possibly his closest ally. And the statement made by an operative from a rival campaign on Rudy's pitch - "I'm not a nice guy. But the people you fear, fear me" - was so articulate a description it gave me pause. Carl A. Hulbert, Bellingham, Wash...
...Kerik [Nov. 26]. Duffy's snapshot provided one of the most concise and intriguing portraits of a political animal that I have ever read. He truly captured Giuliani through the prism of his relationship with Kerik, possibly his closest ally. And the statement made by an operative from a rival campaign on Rudy's pitch - "I'm not a nice guy. But the people you fear, fear me" - was so articulate a description it gave me pause. Carl A. Hulbert, BELLINGHAM, WASH...
...landslide as President of South Africa. Barring an upset, however, these are Mbeki's last days as leader of the party that defined South Africa's liberation struggle. The ANC will elect its next President later this month at a party congress, and Mbeki's party deputy and bitter rival Jacob Zuma has already established a crushing lead over the incumbent. Mbeki will continue as South Africa's President until 2009, when the constitution demands he relinquish that post too. Yet even as they prepare for his long goodbye, few South Africans could tell you much about who Mbeki...
...Until now, rival presidential candidates Lee Hoi Chang, an independent conservative, and Chung Dong Young, who is running for the liberal United New Democratic Party (UNDP), were holding out hope that a damaging prosecutor's report would sink Lee's presidential ambitions. But with two weeks to go before the Dec. 19 election, Lee, 66, now appears to be the only candidate capable of securing a majority. The former Hyundai Engineering and Construction CEO has an approval rating of about 40% in public opinion polls, compared with 18% for Lee Hoi Chang and 15% for Chung. President Roh Moo Hyun...