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Thailand Lurches Towards an Election

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Jun 11, 2011
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It is beginning to appear that fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s gamble to install his sister Yingluck as the head of Thailand’s surrogate Pheu Thai party with the election slogan “"Thaksin Thinks, Pheu Thai Acts," is starting to pay off.

The latest polls show that Pheu Thai – literally “For Thais” – is opening a narrow lead over the De…

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