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                                <title><![CDATA[ Thaksin, Anwar's Asean adviser, to serve one year in jail ]]></title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[ The billionaire Thai politician had avoided serving his prison sentence for corruption. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Raised eyebrows as Anwar turns to convicted Thai strongman Thaksin for advice on Asean ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2024 02:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Thailand's billionaire ex-PM Thaksin submits royal pardon request ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2023 01:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Thaksin, Thailand's most famous politician, made a dramatic homecoming after 15 years abroad where he lived in self-exile to avoid prison. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Daughter of Thailand's ex-PM Thaksin says clemency request 'up to him' ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2023 07:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Thaksin was transferred from prison to a Bangkok police hospital just a few hours into his first night in jail, complaining of chest pains and high blood pressure. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Thailand's jailed ex-PM Thaksin hospitalised after return from exile ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2023 02:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Thailand's fugitive ex-PM Thaksin returns to jail from years in self-exile ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2023 05:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Thaksin fled abroad 15 years ago before he was jailed in absentia for abuse of power, two years after the military toppled him in a coup, alleging corruption and disloyalty to the powerful monarchy, which he refutes. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Thailand's fugitive ex-PM Thaksin returns from 17 years in self-exile ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2023 03:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Thaksin fled abroad in 2008 to avoid a jail sentence for abuse of power, two years after the military toppled him alleging corruption and disloyalty to the monarchy, which he has vehemently refuted. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Thailand's influential ex-PM Thaksin eyes July return from exile ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2023 05:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Prime minister from 2001 until his overthrow in 2006, Thaksin built a political empire by courting millions of disenfranchised working class voters with populist policies. ]]></description>
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