DISSOLVED. THAILAND'S PARLIAMENT,
by King Bhumibol Adulyadej, at the request of Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra; in order to call new elections; in Bangkok. While Thaksin's opponents have railed against his family's tax-free $1.9 billion windfall from the sale of Shin Corp., the telecom giant he founded, the Prime Minister still enjoys strong support among rural Thais. Elections for a new House of Representatives will take place on April 2.
NAMED. JOSEPH ZEN,
64, Catholic bishop of Hong Kong and outspoken democracy and human-rights activist; as cardinal, by Pope Benedict XVI; in Rome. Zen, whose role in mass...
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