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All Eyes Are On Thai King’s Health

Our Correspondent
Oct 17, 2007
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The monsoon rains had pounded Bangkok for nearly three hours Monday night, but by 11 pm well-wishers were still trickling into Siriraj Hospital to show their support for the country’s ailing King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

Four or five people wearing yellow shirts ‑ a color that symbolizes Monday, the day the king was born ‑ lay sleeping under a makeshift tent …

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