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King's Illness Complicates Thai Tensions

Monarch fails to appear as politicians battle for control

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 5, 2008 9:10 AM CST

(Newser) – Politicians in Thailand are squabbling as they seek to form a new government, days after a court barred the prime minister and other leading figures from holding office. But as many Thais looked to their long-serving king for guidance, the revered 81-year-old monarch canceled his... Read full story »

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