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"If Thaksin had stuck to his original mandate and had he not tried to subvert the workings of the government institutions and allowed the amount of corruption that has taken place, " Korn says, his party wouldn't have such a quarrel.
FORBES: After Thaksin
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Allowing Mr Sharif to emerge as the winner of this byzantine quarrel must have seemed to the general the most acceptable solution in a state that claims to be a democracy.
ECONOMIST: The riddle of Pakistan | The
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Until now, apart from North Korea, most of the would-be little powder-kegs have for good reason a mixture of oil politics, the Muslim revival and the quarrel about Israel been located in the Middle East.
ECONOMIST: Weathering the storm
