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...down Bangkok at the beginning the protest, declared "war has come." But Nattawut sounded more conciliatory, asking on stage for a senior military officer to call him and urging protesters not to seek revenge at the moment. By 9 p.m., a military spokesman said troops had been ordered to pull back and not attempt to seize Phan Fa. Nattawut responded by telling protesters to also fall back to Phan Fa, but it was not clear how much control protest leaders still had over the situation as street battles raged on. (See pictures from Thailand's April 2009 protests...
...stunted by an undervalued RMB, to traditional manufacturing powers like Japan and South Korea will all likely benefit. That fact might not win votes in rust belt America - and the U.S. Congress may be only temporarily appeased - but it is a fact: The global economy desperately needs China to pull more weight, and a stronger RMB helps...
...even more absurd, but garners laughs mostly at its own expense. Despite a talented cast including Thomas Hayden Church (“Sideways”) and Elisabeth J. Shue ’00 (“Leaving Las Vegas”), the script lacks the subtlety and confidence to pull off the sophisticated black humor to which it aspires...
...Santangelo] really hadn’t team race, or maybe he had but not at the same level,” Palmer said. “He didn’t know as much but he was able to pull some stunt-like moves that caught teams by surprise...
...year] we talk to our seniors about how their grades matter,” said Rod Skinner, director of college counseling at Milton Academy in Milton, MA. “The anxiety, not only for kids on waitlists but all of the seniors, never really disappears because colleges can pull your ticket...