The Reds Are Coming

According to my dictionary, the non-musical definition of fugue is “a state or period of loss of awareness of one’s identity, often coupled with flight from one’s usual environment, associated with certain forms of hysteria and epilepsy.” Don’t know about the epilepsy bit, but with tens of thousands of red-shirted supporters of ousted prime minister [...]

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Thaksin Shinawatra, Shooting To Win

The Sunday Times Magazine 5 December 2007 Manchester City fans once regarded him as their saviour—but Thai investigators believe they can prove his government was responsible for a shoot-to-kill policy that endorsed mass murder. Andrew Marshall meets both Thaksin Shinawatra and the families of those who were killed under his rule

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