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Thailand Elects First Female Prime Minister
ReutersTHAILAND (REUTERS) - Thailand's opposition won a landslide election victory on Sunday, led by the sister of former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a triumph for red-shirt protesters who clashed with the army last year. Exit polls showed...Tags: Thailand, Elections, Government, Disasters, Disasters and Accidents
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German neo-Nazi terrorist group linked to 10 killings
World NowGermany’s intelligence service came under sharp criticism after revelations that a neo-Nazi terrorist group had been operating in the country virtually undetected for more than a decade and allegedly killed at least 10 people. German authorities say... -
Norway massacre suspect makes first public court appearance
World NowThe Norwegian accused of a bombing and shooting rampage that killed 77 people in July made his first public court appearance Monday. Anders Behring Breivik described himself as a resistance leader and refused to plead guilty to violating Norway's anti-... -
Death in Dubai raises intrigue in Iranian media
World NowThe reported death in Dubai of the son of a prominent Iranian politician and former Revolutionary Guard commander has generated suspicion in the Iranian media.Though police call it a case of suicide, the Iranian media has raised questions about the... -
Reading L.A.: Mike Davis, 'City of Quartz' and Southern California's 'spatial apartheid'
Culture MonsterWhen it comes to "City of Quartz," where to start? Mike Davis' 1990 attack on the rampant privatization and gated-community urbanism of Southern Calfornia -- what he calls the region's "spatial apartheid" -- is overwritten and shamelessly hyperbolic. It... -
ARABIAN PENINSULA: Majority of Persian Gulf Arabs too afraid to protest against their leaders, new poll says
Babylon & BeyondMany Persian Gulf Arabs are frightened and pessimistic about the uprisings and revolutions that are sweeping the Middle East and are too afraid to speak out against their rulers. According to a new opinion poll commissioned by the Qatar-based public...... -
Woodland Hills man pleads guilty to trying to ship missile components to Iran
L.A. NOWAn Iranian man living in Woodland Hills has pleaded guilty to attempting to illegally export missile components and radio test sets from the United States to Iran. Davoud Baniameri, 38, pleaded guilty in federal court in Illinois to one count...... -
Designers move into the hotel business
Los Angeles Times Fashion CriticIn the last few years, fashion designers have been invading the hotel industry. "Hotel companies and guests have become conscious of design," says hospitality industry analyst Bruce Baltin, from L.A.-based Colliers PKF Consulting USA. "Also, it is another...Tags: LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA, Burj Khalifa, Entertainment, Los Angeles Times, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Enduring love
Can we stop calling it "Little Italy"?
The thought occurred the moment I crossed into the Republic of Eataly, a massive, chaotic place where jostling is law, a food emporium for which "emporium" sounds puny and "Italopolisplex" is closer to the truth....Tags: Elections, Flatiron, Neil Simon, San Francisco, Mass Media
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Dubai Jail Sentence Upheld for Kissing Couple
Associated PressDUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- A Dubai appeals court on Sunday upheld a one-month prison sentence for a British couple convicted of kissing in a restaurant. The pair landed in court after an Emirati woman complained about the public kiss, which the...Tags: Local Government, Judges, Dining and Drinking, Prisons, Lawyers
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Tropico Perspective: Giving ourselves a present
We spent New Year's Eve two years ago in Dubai en route to Ethiopia to meet our son for the first time. Thanksgiving this year was a grilled turkey sandwich in the Dubai airport making the same trek, this time to pick up our little girl. While not the...Tags: Homes, Children, Real Estate, Holidays, New Year's Day
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