Word: shinawatra
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...emerge from the shadow of its more moneyed crosstown rival, Manchester United. Even Birmingham's lackluster Aston Villa, after all, maintains a dogged fan base in Thailand's capital. No, the reason Manchester City is taboo in Bangkok is because its new owner is ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra...
...emerge from the shadow of its more moneyed crosstown rival, Manchester United. Even Birmingham's lackluster Aston Villa, after all, maintains a dogged fan base in Thailand's capital. No, the reason Manchester City is taboo in Bangkok is because its new owner is ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra...
...brutal campaign against schools and their staff is the latest manifestation of the violence in the south. Last September a military junta overthrew Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, accusing him of corruption and abuse of power-allegations Thaksin denies. Today, the junta faces many challenges: how to bring Thaksin, now in exile but still popular among millions of Thais, back to Bangkok for trial; when to hold elections and restore democracy; and how to keep the economy ticking. But the most intractable problem is the civil war in the south. Since January 2004, when a dormant, homegrown rebel movement ostensibly bent...
...countries in Asia are growing at about 2 percentage points a year more slowly than they were before the crisis, largely because of lower investment. Thailand's banking and corporate sector is in far better shape than a decade ago, but allegations of cronyism under ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and erratic policies by the current military government have unsettled investors. Nationalism is on the rise throughout the region, reflecting a belief that there is so much cash that countries can do without foreign investment...
...SPORTS $162 million Amount bid by ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to buy Britain's Manchester City soccer club $1.95 billion Total amount of Thaksin's fortune frozen pending an investigation into his finances; Thai authorities said they would freeze an additional $148 million in assets after the bid's acceptance was announced on June...