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Saturday, November 21 2009
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THAILAND Note: If no news appears, there is no news available for this country 2 Thais nabbed on charges of trading African ivory BANGKOK (AP) -- Thai police arrested two men on charges of smuggling African ivory into the country to supply shops in Thailand that sell jewelry and trinkets, including to customers in the United States, authorities said.... Carter defends his handling of Iran hostage crisis CHIANG MAI, Thailand (AP) -- Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said Monday he was pressed by his advisers to attack Iran during the hostage crisis there more than 30 years ago but resisted because he feared 20,000 Iranians could have died.... Ousted Thai PM rallies supporters to Cambodia PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- Thailand said Friday it would not be provoked into violence in its diplomatic tussle with Cambodia over fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, even as the ousted leader taunted the Bangkok government by meeting with political supporters in the neighboring country.... Interview embroils Thai ex-PM in new controversy BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Thailand's ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, at the center of a political fight between his supporters and those of the current government, has ignited fresh controversy by speaking candidly about the nation's constitutional monarchy.... Thaksin on a mission to humiliate Thai government BANGKOK (AP) -- Thailand's fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has spent much of the past three years roaming the globe, shopping for diamonds in Africa, golfing at Asian resorts - and humiliating the government from a distance.... |
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