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Thailand's UDD Leader Elevated to Cabinet
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Thai Government Promotes Red Shirt Leader & Mugabe Supporter
BANGKOK, Thailand -- A Thai businesswoman, who is banned by the U.S. Treasury Department from doing business with Americans because she allegedly facilitated financial transactions for Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's wife, has been appointed as the prime minister's ...

New Thai minister on US blacklist for Mugabe links
Thailand's premier on Thursday defended her appointment of a cabinet minister who is on a US blacklist owing to alleged business links to Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe.

Thai PM gives cabinet post to U.S. blacklisted businesswoman
BANGKOK (Reuters) - A newly appointed minister in the Thai premier's office is blacklisted by the U.S. Treasury for alleged business links to the family of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, embarrassing the government in the wake of a major cabinet reshuffle. Nalinee Taveesin is barred from financial dealings with U.S. citizens and had her assets frozen in the country in 2008 for "secretly ...

New Thai minister has Zim links
Bangkok - Thailand's premier on Thursday defended her appointment of a cabinet minister who is on a US blacklist owing to alleged business links to Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe.

'Crony' Thai minister blacklisted for Mugabe links
Thailand's Yingluck Shinawatra has had to defend Cabinet minister Nalinee Taveesin, who has been blacklisted by the US for her links to Robert Mugabe.

Myanmar Undertakes ‘Big’ Prisoner Release as Sanctions Reviewed
Myanmar’s government began releasing hundreds of political prisoners after signing a cease-fire with the country’s largest armed rebel group, two conditions set by Western nations for lifting sanctions.

Myanmar Signs Cease-Fire Aimed at Ending Six-Decade Rebellion
Myanmar’s government signed a cease- fire with the country’s largest armed rebel group in a step toward ending one of the world’s longest running conflicts as it builds on efforts to reconcile with political dissidents.