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Thai premier refuses to resign
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BANGKOK: Thai premier refused to resign or call snap elections
Thursday, and lashed the protesters besieging his offices for 10
days as a “doomsday cult.”
In an hour-long national radio address, Prime
Minister Samak Sundaravej sought to shore up his support base,
proclaiming himself as a defender of democracy against a movement
that he said threatened to bring “anarchy” to Thailand.
“I am not resigning, I will not dissolve
parliament. I have to stay in order to preserve democracy and to
protect the monarchy,” he said.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Democrat Obama pulls ahead in key swing states, says survey
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ST PAUL, Minnesota: Democrat Barack Obama is pulling ahead of his
Republican rival John McCain in two key swing states of Iowa and
Minnesota, but remains in a dead heat in Ohio, a new poll said on
Wednesday.
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Pakistan investigators probe attack on PM’s motorcade
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ISLAMABAD: Police here were investigating Thursday a failed
assassination attempt on Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, a day
after sniper fire struck his motorcade.
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Japan’s Aso meets resistance for top post
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TOKYO: Japan’s former Foreign Minister Taro Aso, the front-runner
to be the country’s new prime minister, met resistance Thursday as
two economic reformists vowed to give him a fight.
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WORLDINBRIEF
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TBILISI: US Vice President Dick Cheney accused Russia of having
invaded Georgia on Thursday as he arrived to bolster the pro-Western
government following the announcement of a billion dollar US aid
package. After talks with President...
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