Leaders of the protest movement have been portraying the demonstrations as a struggle between Thailand's poor, mainly rural masses and the Bangkok-based elite.

VOA: standard.2010.03.27

At the rally site during the week, protest leaders and Mr.Thaksin in phone-in comments, said they were looking to challenge the existing bureaucratic elite.

VOA: standard.2010.03.20

Elite anti-terrorist units will be deployed, and the air force will carry out reconnaissance missions.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

"Elite Eight" and "Final-Four." Those four teams meet in the semifinals in Detroit,Michigan for the right to advance to the championship game on April 6.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

In the past year, the United States says it helped the Kenyan army develop a Ranger Strike Force, an elite counter-terrorism unit capable of conducting operations against infiltrators and armed groups.

VOA: standard.2009.05.01

"When they are marginalized, when they are mistreated, when they are ignored, when they are demeaned, the progress is not possible, no matter how rich and well-educated the elite may appear."

VOA: standard.2009.09.25