Ex-PM’s Sis Sweeps to Victory in Thai Vote

The sister of exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra led Thailand’s main opposition party to a landslide victory in elections Sunday, heralding an extraordinary political turnaround five tumultuous years after her fugitive billionaire brother was toppled in an army coup. The vote paves the way for 44-year-old Yingluck Shinawatra, who…

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Ex-PM’s Sis Sweeps to Victory in Thai Vote

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