Yingluck Shinawatra Takes Thailand's Center Stage
Thailand’s National Assembly has ratified the telegenic Yingluck Shinawatra as Prime Minister, the second Shinawatra to take the job. Although she has said she has no intention of being a clone of her celebrated still-fugitive brother Thaksin, it remains to be seen how far she will stray from his line, if at all.
The 44-year-old Yingluck, a political neo…
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