After skipping a court appearance, the former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra announced Monday that he was abandoning his native Thailand and seeking refuge in London, far from the political battles that have wracked this country since his ouster in a... ...full story at Intl Herald Tribune
from Intl Herald Tribune on Mon, Aug 11 2008
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