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20060919
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Thailand
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 Politics
- "Thailand's
PM ousted in military coup." ... "In the dead of
night and without firing a shot, Thailand's military overthrew popularly
elected Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Tuesday amid mounting criticism
that he had undermined democracy." ... "The sudden, well-orchestrated coup
_ the first in 15 years and a throwback to an unsettled era in Thailand
_ was likely to spark both enthusiasm and criticism at home and abroad.
The military said it would soon return power to a democratic government
but did not say when." ... "Striking when Thaksin was in New York at the
U.N. General Assembly, army commander Gen. Sondhi Boonyaratkalin sent tanks
and troops into the drizzly, nighttime streets of Bangkok. The military
ringed Thaksin's offices, seized control of television stations and declared
a provisional authority loyal to the king." ... "The coup leaders declared
martial law, revoked the constitution and ordered all troops not to leave
duty stations without permission from their commanders. The stock exchange
was to be closed Wednesday, along with schools, banks and government offices."
-By Denis D. Gray with contributions by Jocelyn Gecker
-AP via -HoustonChronicle.com
20051102
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 US
-  Afghanistan
- Thailand
-  Guantanamo
Bay -  Cuba
-  Military
-  Terrorism
- Secret
- Prisons
-  Law
- Noteworthy
- "CIA
Holds Terror Suspects in Secret Prisons: Debate Is
Growing Within Agency About Legality and Morality of Overseas System Set
Up After 9/11." ... "The CIA has been hiding and interrogating some of
its most important al Qaeda captives at a Soviet-era compound in Eastern
Europe, according to U.S. and foreign officials familiar with the arrangement."
... "The secret facility is part of a covert prison system set up by the
CIA nearly four years ago that at various times has included sites in eight
countries, including Thailand, Afghanistan and several democracies in Eastern
Europe, as well as a small center at the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba,
according to current and former intelligence officials and diplomats from
three continents." ... "The hidden global internment network is a central
element in the CIA's unconventional war on terrorism. It depends on the
cooperation of foreign intelligence services, and on keeping even basic
information about the system secret from the public, foreign officials
and nearly all members of Congress charged with overseeing the CIA's covert
actions." ... "It is illegal for the government to hold prisoners in such
isolation in secret prisons in the United States, which is why the CIA
placed them overseas, according to several former and current intelligence
officials and other U.S. government officials." (1, 2,
3, 4) -By Dana Priest with contributions by Julie
Tate -WashingtonPost
20050720
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- Animals
- Food
- "WHO
Presses China Over Bird Flu Samples." ... "Chinese
authorities have yet to release samples gathered in the western province
of Qinghai, where at least 6,000 migratory birds have died, Wadia said."
... "Over the last two years, hundreds of millions of birds, including
poultry and wild birds, have died or been slaughtered across Asia because
of the H5N1 bird flu virus, which also has infected some humans, killing
more than 55 people in Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia and Indonesia, which
reported three new human deaths from bird flu Wednesday." ... "Health experts
have warned that migratory geese and gulls in Qinghai could be poised to
spread the virus to India, Australia, New Zealand and eventually Europe
when they fly south this summer." -By Alexa Olesen
-AP via -WashingtonPost
20050329
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- "Lethal
quake rattles tsunami zone: A massive earthquake
off the coast of Indonesia has killed hundreds of people and triggered
tsunami alerts around the Indian Ocean." ... "The 8.7 magnitude quake struck
just before midnight, destroying buildings on the Sumatra island of Nias."
... "Thousands of people fled their homes in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand,
India and Sri Lanka - areas still recovering from the deadly tsunami in
December." ... "But three hours after the quake, tsunami alerts were scaled
down." -BBC
/News
20040420
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- "Powell
urges coalition leaders to keep troops in Iraq."
... "Secretary of State Colin Powell said Tuesday the U.S.-led coalition
in Iraq remains strong despite decisions by Spain and Honduras to pull
out their troops. Later, the Dominican Republic announced that it also
would withdraw its troops." ... "Powell told reporters that leaders of
13 coalition countries with whom he spoke by telephone Monday and Tuesday
"all expressed steadfast support" for their respective troop commitments."
... "Among the leaders Powell spoke with was Thai Foreign Minister Surakiart
Sathirathai." ... "In addition to Surakiart, Powell spoke with leaders
of El Salvador, Dominica, Norway, Denmark, Hungary, Portugal, Poland, Bulgaria,
Holland, Romania, the Philippines and Ukraine." -By
George Gedda -AP
via -SFGate.com
20040205
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- "Bird
flu 'not under control', says UN." ... "The bird
flu outbreak in Asia is not under control, the UN and the World Health
Authority said today after an emergency meeting in Rome, and called for
targeted vaccination of poultry." ... "The virus, which has killed at least
13 people in Asia after jumping to humans in Thailand and Vietnam, will
spread much further without emergency measures, according to the UN food
and agriculture organisation (FAO), the WHO and the world animal health
organisation (WAHO)." -Guardian.co.uk
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