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Monthly Archives: October 2006

“Sun Outages” in Bangkok

02-Oct-06

Perhaps this has something to do with coup-related Western media censorship, but A and I saw this on TV recently here in Bangkok. The full text of this screen — which appears sporadically for 30 seconds or so during English-language commercials that feature non-political content on the cable provider UBC — reads:
Please be advised that […]

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Thailand Has an Interim PM

02-Oct-06

Thailand now has an interim Prime Minister. Surayud Chulanont, a retired army general, was appointed yesterday.
BBC:
Thailand prime minister sworn in
The IHT’s Seth Mydans and Tom Fuller:
Thailand’s junta said Friday that it would not interfere with the workings of the interim government it has promised to appoint. But it said it reserved the right to fire […]

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