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Yingluck Shinawatra Takes Thailand's Center Stage

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Aug 04, 2011
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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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