Word: businessmen
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...Meanwhile, a group of businessmen who supported the 2006 coup offered a one million baht ($28,000) bounty on Monday to anyone who will capture Thaksin and bring him back to Thailand. Tens of thousands of anti-Thaksin protestors turned out at several provincial capitals on Monday, including Thaksin's hometown of Chiang Mai, to swear allegiance and vow to defend the monarchy. Thaksin has been accused by many of his opponents, including one of the king's advisers, of disloyalty to the monarchy and wanting to establish a republic. He has vigorously denied the accusations...
...than others in the region, particularly during these times of crisis. "Select projects will get interest from investors in Japan and Taiwan but it won't be as easy as when liquidity was more available so incentives are needed," adds Uno, one of the country's most successful young businessmen. "It is high time for the government to take the lead...
...containing a live dog, drug traffickers retaliated by killing 40 people in one weekend. Nicknamed the "Medellin Massacre" after the city at the center of Colombia's drug trade, the murders ignited years of raids, kidnappings, and assassinations (a 1985 Medellin cartel "hit list" even included names of U.S. businessmen, embassy members and journalists...
...that will please Washington: ending the building of illegal Jewish settlements in the Palestinian territories and promising to abide by the U.S.-sponsored peace accords that Israel signed with the Palestinians. On Wednesday, with Barak's support in mind, Netanyahu toned down his usual hawkishness, telling Israeli and Arab businessmen, "I'm a partner for peace." Next week Israelis will have a new Prime Minister and Cabinet, and a season or two of political stability. But Barak's opportunism may have set the historic Labor Party on a slide into irrelevance...
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