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DKBA Calls on US Drug Agency to Investigate Thai Allegation

Of course, what the DKBA leader said is right. Why aren’t the current Thai authorities not trying to arrest former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who fled Thailand in 2008? Is Thailand’s justice system just one government and one justice system?–Kyaw Htin

IMF Upbeat on Burma, as Long as Reforms Continue

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Not much leverage there, methinks.—Derek Tonkin

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