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10 Key Points For Understanding The Protests In Thailand

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10 Key Points For Understanding The Protests In Thailand

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Political passions are raging in Bangkok and the future of the Thai government is uncertain. Here’s what you need to know.

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Last week, thousands of anti-government demonstrators besieged the offices of Thailand’s prime minister, demanding his resignation.

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Tales from the Road: Afghanistan, Thailand, Canada, Nigeria

Tales from the Road: Afghanistan, Thailand, Canada, Nigeria

One of my favorite parts of the Best American Travel Writing anthology each year is series editor Jason Wilson’s foreword. With each new edition he finds a seemingly unrelated anecdote that somehow, unexpectedly, illustrates the point he is trying to make about the value of good travel writing.

This year is no exception: he begins with a report about a shark attack in New Jersey, an exceedingly rare event that led to the almost-instantaneous publication of helpful sidebars and advice boxes on How To Survive A Shark Attack in the local papers.

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