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Thai Cabinet agrees to hold referendum on crisis

Thailand's Cabinet agreed Thursday to hold a referendum on a civic group's street campaign to oust the prime ministerce and economic chaos. ...full story at Intl Herald Tribune

from Intl Herald Tribune on Thu, Sep 04 2008

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