All Posts Tagged With: "Somchai Wongsawat"

Perspectives

December 4, 2008
The morning after protesters left the airport in Thailand

A Worldfocus contributing blogger writes about the long-term effects of Thailand's recent protests, which ended in the resignation of Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat.

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November 26, 2008
Travelers stranded as Thai protests persist

Continued protests in Thailand may not only impact Thailand politically, but may also harm the country economically.

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November 25, 2008
Violent Thai protests shut down airport

Patrick Winn of GlobalPost discusses the battle between supporters and opponents of Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat's pro-Western government.

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October 7, 2008
Thai protests intensify political divide

Police used tear gas against thousands of protesters who attempted to blockade the Thai parliament.

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How You See It

In the international chess game over Iran's nuclear program, it was six world powers that made a move today. Delegates from the U.S., Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China met in Brussels to turn up the heat on Iran.

Do you think Iran can ever be trusted to come clean about its nuclear program?
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Comments about Thursday's question presented multiple viewpoints on Israeli settlements.

Paul wrote, "If the Israeli government were to freeze the construction of new buildings in their West Bank colonies and begin to relocate the residents of those colonies to new or existing villages [inside] the Green Line, it would demonstrate a desire for peace greater than their desire for land." How You See It Archive

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