Tensions high as Thai parties wait for judgment day
Senior Thai judges will this week decide whether
to dissolve the kingdom's two largest political parties, with huge
implications for the post-coup landscape here ahead of planned
polls.
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US, Iran return to public diplomacy with enormous stakes on the
table
Iran and the United States resumed public
diplomacy Monday for the first time in more than a quarter century.
The meeting in Baghdad between ambassadors on security in Iraq could
produce a chapter in world history for its success or a footnote for
its failure.
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Low-caste Indian Hindus convert to Buddhism in mass meet
Thousands of low-caste Hindus seeking to escape
the oppression of India's rigid caste system on Sunday embraced
Buddhism in a mass conversion.
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