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Ailing ex-Red Shirt leader jailed over 2010 protests

  THE Supreme Court today (Jan. 20) upheld a five-year, four-month sentence against a key member of United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), commonly called Red Shirts, Mr. Yoswarit Chuglom, aka Jeng Dokjik, even though he is undergoing treatment for a stroke, and life imprisonment sentence against another prominent Red Shirt member Mr. Suksek

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China, Russia deepen ties as Biden rallies Nato’s ‘frontline’ over Ukraine

   By Reuters and published by Swissinfo.ch Moscow/Warsaw  – China pledged a deeper partnership with Russia on Wednesday as US President Joe Biden reaffirmed security assurances for Nato’s “frontline” eastern members, highlighting global tensions as the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine approaches. However, a day after President Vladimir Putin said Moscow was suspending participation

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