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The South is a long way from Bangkok

Thai politicians do not understand the southern insurgency and make no efforts to do so

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Please keep Thaksin there. We don't want him here
DEAR British asylum authorities,
The swing state
No Democrat presidential candidate since Jimmy Carter in 1976 has carried North Carolina. But this southern state may turn blue this time round. With the US election only a week away, North Carolina has become one of the critical battlegrounds. Both presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama are scheduled to woo the crowds here this week.
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Unemployment crisis looms in key sectors
Widespread job cuts are expected next year and political fallout will hinder remedial efforts

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Another loose canon puts the country in peril

Congratulations to Pol General Bunnag for doing his part to destroy the livelihoods of so many Thais with his planned confrontation against the PAD. Not only is he notorious for his handling of suspected drug dealers during his active duty, now he wants to spill blood on Bangkok's streets, thereby helping Thailand's second-largest income-generating industry, tourism, to go completely down the drain.

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