This is the first time Thai authorities intervened.

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For a time, Thai Rak Thai even ran its campaign from a building belonging to one of Mr Thaksin's companies.

ECONOMIST: Pleasing the voters

Some markets, such as Bangkok, decided not to open at all, the first time the Thai market has been closed since its inception in 1975.

ECONOMIST: Stockmarkets

But the atmospheric old neighbourhood with its silver shops and old ladies wrapped up in Thai silk does impart a time-warp feeling.

BBC: Shopping in Chiang Mai

Returning to the resort just in time for a morning Thai massage, my mind and body were relaxed and calm.

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But two Hong Kong residents, in near-identical circumstances and with an equal claim on the government's attention, were left to languish in Thai jails at exactly the same time.

ECONOMIST: Trials abroad

He had flown across America only once before, the time his wife booked tickets to Calcutta on Royal Thai Airlines, via Los Angeles, rather than traveling east as they normally did.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Unaccustomed Earth'

In addition to taking reservations at Cocina Sunae Thursday through Saturday, she has catering gigs throughout the week, appears on local cooking shows from time to time and has had her recipes, like one for Thai-style garlic prawns and another for pansit guisado, a Filipino noodle dish, published in a few Spanish-language Argentinean publications.

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With a team led by a Thai general, the Henry Dunant Centre will be responsible for running the entire peace operation, probably the first time any group other than the United Nations has taken on such a role.

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