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...January his critics, centered around Bangkok and the insurgent-plagued southern part of the country, have used the $1.9 billion tax-free sale of his family-owned firm to foreign investors as a rallying cry for demonstrations demanding change. Their noisy campaign prompted Thaksin to dissolve parliament and call snap elections, confident that his party machine would deliver the necessary votes on Apr 2. It did - over 50% of Thai voters kept the faith with the ruling Thai Rak Thai party, especially in the poor countryside where Thaksin's healthcare and housing subsidies have been very popular. But the opposition...
...Indeed, outside the ministry headquarters, banners proclaiming solidarity with Imam Hussein, one of Shi'ites' holiest figures, snap in the spring breeze alongside - and sometimes instead of - Iraqi flags. Most of the guards' beards are invariably cut in the close-cropped Iranian style, making them stand out in Baghdad, where beards are less common...
ALBANY, N.Y.—After dozens of pictures had been taken of smiles so broad they might snap, and after the Whitelaw Trophy had been lifted, and after the brand-new ECAC tournament champion hats had been distributed, all that remained was a pile of Crimson gloves and helmets and sticks around the crease of Harvard’s goal.That was where the Crimson congregated when the final seconds evaporated in Saturday’s 6-2 victory over Cornell in the ECAC Tournament final. The skaters congratulated senior netminder John Daigneau—who was named the Most...
...style, his toughness on crime and his open-handed policies to boost the economy. But in recent weeks a chorus of critics has put the Prime Minister on the defensive, questioning with mounting intensity whether he's good for Thailand. To reaffirm his popularity, Thaksin has called a snap general election for April 2?a vote that the main opposition parties say they will boycott. When the Prime Minister kicked off his campaign at a rally in Bangkok on March 3, he looked uncharacteristically tentative, at one point even pleading with the opposition to take part in the election...
...video adapter, to get the thing hooked up to the sound system and TV. But if Apple were to sell a $300 version with no hard drive and built-in TV connectivity - and maybe some higher-definition video at the iTunes store - Microsoft and Sony will surely snap to attention...