Bangkok elects new governor
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Pollution and overcrowding top the agenda as the Thai capital, Bangkok, votes for a new governor.
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Nigeria's ruling party on Sunday chose a  reclusive Muslim state governor, Umaru Yar'Adua, to be its  candidate to succeed Olusegun Obasanjo as president of Africa's  most populous nation in elections next year.
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Thailand's new military rulers appointed nine people Friday to investigate corruption under deposed premier Thaksin Shinawatra and announced plans to write a new constitution to hold future leaders more accountable.
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Thai business leaders and investors have welcomed their new premier amid hopes the military-backed leader will shore up confidence in an economy rocked by months of political crisis.
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Former World Trade Organization head   Supachai Panitchpakdi has agreed to be Thailand's new prime   minister, newspapers said on Tuesday, as the country's military   rulers unveiled a plan to return gradually to the barracks.
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Leading pro-Beijing figure Tsang Tak-sing is appointed to the Hong Kong government in a new cabinet.
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Carried on a golden litter by eight bearers and blessed by dozens of chanting Buddhist monks, former ballet dancer Norodom Sihamoni was crowned as Cambodia's new king in an ornate ceremony Friday, replacing his father, one of Asia's longest-serving and best-known rulers.
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DUBLIN -- Ireland elected its first black mayor yesterday, the latest sign of how immigration is rapidly changing this once all-white nation.
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BANGKOK, Jan. 28 -- A combative veteran politician representing deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's interests was chosen as Thailand's new prime minister Monday, a move that could put him on a collision course with the military that ousted Thaksin in a 2006 coup.
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Authorities in Bangkok stepped up security across the capital Wednesday as Thailand braced for a court ruling on whether to dissolve the kingdom&#39;s two main political parties.
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Former rebel spokesman Irwandi Yusuf has won the first direct election for governor of Indonesia's Aceh province according to an unofficial quick count, the director of the local survey group that conducted the count has told AFP.
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Thailand&#39;s ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, facing corruption charges at home, won acceptance on Thursday for an 81.6-million-pound bid for English Premiership football club Manchester City.
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Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was  set to become Thailand's most powerful elected leader on Monday  following a crushing election win that should make him head of  the country's first single-party government.
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The Thai army took control of Bangkok   on Tuesday and announced it would set up a commission to reform   the constitution despite Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra   declaring a state of emergency from New York.
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President Hamid Karzai moved Saturday to replace a powerful governor and militia leader who has long defied his authority and held virtually autonomous sway over one of the country&#39;s wealthiest regions.
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Gen Surayud Chulanont is starting his first day in office as Thailand's new military-appointed PM.
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DC's former mayor takes a new role in government