THAILAND: Life imitates art in Thai political puppet show

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Updated December 27, 2007 21:14:43

A Thai puppet show is bearing a startlingly resemblance to what's happening in the local political scene. After Sunday's national vote, there's a scramble for power by the People Power Party, a party with close ties to ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

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