Almost 7 million votes have already been cast in the Thai election. The political turmoil of recent years certainly seems to have enhanced electoral enthusiasm and there has been an unprecedented turnout of pre-poll voters on 14-15 December. Here is the first hand account of one of them, a resident of Chiang Mai now working in Bangkok:
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December 18th, 2007 by Andrew Walker · 9 Comments
Tags: Election Watch
Relinking the “Myanmar road”
December 18th, 2007 by Nicholas Farrelly · Add a Comment
India has seized the initiative to reopen for cross-border trade a historic road linking its northeastern region to Myanmar and China. This week federal junior Commerce Minister Jairam Ramesh handed a sack of salt to a Myanmar army officer at Pansaung where the Stilwell Road enters Myanmar territory, heralding what he described as a new chapter [...]
Tags: Bangladesh · Burma · China · Northeast India