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Comments breach Thailand’s laws shielding royalty from criticism – PBS

http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2011/09/online-comments-fun-afoul-of-thailands-laws-shielding-royalty-from-criticism244.html BANGKOK — As a high profile case against a prominent media campaigner returns to court in Bangkok, it...

Obama’s Victory – ISN

http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch/Detail/?ots591=4888CAA0-B3DB-1461-98B9-E20E7B9C13D4&lng=en&id=93530 It remains to be seen how an inexperienced public representative with an uncritically liberal voting record can become...