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  2. Thaksin University - Wikipedia

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    Thaksin University, named from the Sanskrit word 'Thaksin' meaning 'of the South', is an autonomous university of the Royal Thai Government. An early adopted, Thaksin University achieved this independence of management while continuing to receive Government budget when parliament passed the Thaksin University Act, which became effective on September 1, 1996.

  3. 2006 Thai coup d'état - Wikipedia

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    Thitinan Pongsudhirak of Chulalongkorn University alleged that the coup was due to conflicts between Thaksin and King Bhumibol Adulyadej. [60] Biographer Paul Handley noted that "[the coup masterminds] did not want Thaksin in a position to exert influence on the passing of the Chakri Dynasty mantle to Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn ."

  4. Shinawatra University - Wikipedia

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    Shinawatra University (SIU), formerly Metharath University (MRU), is a private international university in Thailand, established by Thaksin Shinawatra and his colleagues. The campus was designed and developed by Soontorn Boonyatikarn in 1997. The Ministry of University Affairs granted the license for operation in 1999. The first Shinawatra ...

  5. Factbox-Thailand's polarising ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra

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    Born in Chiang Mai in 1949, Thaksin is the great grandson of Chinese migrants. - Thaksin ran several failed businesses with his wife before getting his break in the 1980s leasing computers to the ...

  6. List of universities and colleges in Thailand - Wikipedia

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    Autonomous universities have their own administrative structure and budgeting system for self-governance and full autonomy, allowing decision making on administrative and management matters to be handled by the university itself. [5] Main Auditorium, Chulalongkorn University Sithan Gate, Khon Kaen University Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University

  7. Thaksinomics - Wikipedia

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    Thaksinomics (a portmanteau of "Thaksin" and "economics") is a term used to refer to the economic set of policies of Thaksin Shinawatra, Prime Minister of Thailand from 2001 to 2006. There has been considerable controversy over the role Thaksinomics has played in Thailand's recovery from the 1997 Asian financial crisis .

  8. Moral Injury: The Grunts - The Huffington Post

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    Can we imagine ourselves back on that awful day in the summer of 2010, in the hot firefight that went on for nine hours? Men frenzied with exhaustion and reckless exuberance, eyes and throats burning from dust and smoke, in a battle that erupted after Taliban insurgents castrated a young boy in the village, knowing his family would summon nearby Marines for help and the Marines would come ...

  9. Lindsay Falvey - Wikipedia

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    Falvey is a recipient of national and international awards, has three doctorates [PhD (University of Queensland), D. Agr. Sc. (University of Melbourne), D. Agr. Techn. (honoris causa, Thaksin University )] [ 1 ] reflecting his work in Asia and Australia, is a recipient of the Australian Centenary Medal , and is a Fellow of the Australian ...