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...good African food, head to Nambitha in Soweto. It has a vibe you can't quite get anywhere else, very friendly. Simon Robinson, Africa bureau chief, TIME The two blocks of shops in Old Melville include a couple of fantastic used-book stores. After browsing for forgotten classics, eat Thai (Soi is a favorite), Indian, Greek or Ethiopian (the newly opened Abyssinica), or have a drink at the Mozambican-flavored Xai Xai Lounge. If you don't linger you can catch a show at the Market Theatre in artsy Newtown...
...social problem that lies beyond, and no one seems to have a solution. Javier Iglesias de Ussel Madrid Hail to the King I was impressed by Pico Iyer's essay about Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, a member of the royal family who is admired by his Thai subjects and who in turn is full of patriarchal love for them [June 19]. Indian epics are full of royal heads who loved and cared for their subjects more than for their family members, but alas such benevolence is rare these days. Indians can only dream of a leader like Bhumibol...
...awful lot of mud has been thrown at Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra this year, but not much has stuck. A legal dossier handed to state prosecutors by the Election Commission last week could prove harder to hose off, though. It alleges that Thai Rak Thai, the political party founded and led by Thaksin, bribed three smaller parties to field candidates in Thailand's controversial April 2 election after the main opposition parties boycotted the poll, and that it also hacked into Election Commission computers, falsifying the candidates' records so they'd be eligible...
...Thaksin hasn't commented publicly on the dossier, but Thai Rak Thai spokesman Sita Divari has denied the charges of bribery and hacking, insisting that the legal process will clear the party's name. The stakes are high: if the Constitutional Court decides against it, Thai Rak Thai could be dissolved and its executives, including Thaksin, barred from public office for five years. It would be an ignominious end for the party and would trigger mass defections by members anxious not to be left out in the cold before the next election, scheduled for October. Some are already bailing...
...Although Thai Rak Thai has dismissed the allegations ever since they first surfaced in April, it's taking the legal procedure seriously and clearly has no intention of going down without a ferocious fight. There's even talk of a scenario in which Thai Rak Thai would strike back by demanding the dissolution of the rival Democrat Party as well, on the grounds that its boycott of April's vote and its unsuccessful appeal for a royally appointed government undermined the election. "We could both be facing the same fate," warned Pimol Srivikorn, a Thai Rak Thai spokesman. And Thailand...