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BANGKOK, THAILAND—The military seized control of the Thai government on 19 September while controversial Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was in the United States. Army Commander General Sonthi Boonyaratglin and a group that calls itself the Democratic Reform Council led the bloodless coup d’état. Thaksin attempted to assert emergency powers but was unsuccessful.

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MANILA, PHILIPPINES—Ang Ladlad, a national organisation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) Filipinos will go down in history as the first elected gay political party in Asia—if they get 200,000 party-list votes during the congressional elections on 14 May 2007.

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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (SEAN) has finally come to terms with its pariah member, Burma, now called Myanmar, with its decision to drop support for the country at the next summit of the UN Security Council.

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Who's Making Policy? What Difference Does It Make?
October 18-20, 2006 Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, San Diego, CA


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The book UN Reform: Whats in it for Women? published by the International Womens Tribune Centre and the Heinrich Bll Foundation is now out. The book features reflections, insights, and analysis by women from different regions specifically examining the impact of the UN reform process on women at the regional and national levels. It also presents different initiatives and proposals in ensuring womens spaces within the UN as well as concrete recommendations on how to influence the UN reform process. With the High Level Panel on UN System-wide Coherence presenting its recommendations to the General Assembly soon, the book is a timely contribution to encourage more discussions on this issue. To request copies of the book, please contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; to access the book online, please go to: http://www.iwtc.org/reform_report.pdf

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Collective for Research and Training on Development-Action (CRTD.A), a Beirut-based non-government organisation (NGO) working on gender and development issues, provides this 11 August 2006 three-part report on the security and humanitarian situation in Lebanon.