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Abhisit-Chavalit-Thaksin-Hun Sen: all politics is local

IS THERE anything wrong about a country's opposition leader embarking on a diplomatic tour of neighbouring countries? ...full story at The Nation

from The Nation on Wed, Nov 04 2009

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24 Dec 08 visit Why are they all so scared of being opposition leader?  »  The Nation It seems nobody in the Thaksin Shinawatra camp wants to be the opposition leader. But still, they all have vowed to topple the newly-formed Abhisit government. In other words, they want to return to power without being labelled opposition at all.Perhaps,...
25 Feb 09 visit Thaksin cannot win as opposition leader in exile  »  The Nation HE HAS thrown all pretence out of the window. Thaksin Shinawatra is now effectively the opposition leader in exile, plotting the overthrow of the Abhisit government from the outside. The immediate problem: Why can't he even name the next nominee?
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22 Oct 09 visit Chavalit plans to meet PAD leaders  »  Bangkok Post Gen Chavalit Yongchaiyuth, the leader-in-waiting of the opposition Puea Thai Party, plans to discuss national reconciliation with key leaders of the anti-Thaksin People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD), his close aide, Lt-Gen Phiratch Sawamiwas, said ...

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