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On 29 August 2008 police finally got the expected order to clear the situation at Government House and Makhawan Bridge. The strategy was to clear the streets around Government House, dismantle the tents and the stage, and encircle Government House.  They then wanted to stop, and let people out, but nobody in.
Orders were that police had [...]

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Last week I put together a brief post highlighting academic opinion on the unfolding Thai crisis.  Today I have a more up-to-date summary of the wide-range of scholarly perspectives reported around the world.  As always, if New Mandala readers have other relevant snippets they would like to see featured please don’t hesitate to add them as [...]

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