Mr Straw raised the case during a meeting with Thailand's foreign minister Dr Surakiart Sathirathai in London.

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"Tarrin doesn't look at macroeconomic policy, " says Surakiart Sathirathai, a leading economic adviser to the Thai Rak Thai Party.

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But a large dollop is being reserved for Surakiart Sathirathai, who was asked to resign as finance minister in a cabinet reshuffle on May 27 (see NATIONS, page 37).

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