ASIA HAND : Back to the brink in Thailand

ASIA HAND : Back to the brink in Thailand: Thailand's intensifying political clashes over legislation to give an amnesty to self-exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra have spilled over into street protests, threatening a new round of civil and parliamentary instability. For the time being, a repeat of the 2006 military coup is not considered imminent, but national reconciliation is looking a very distant prospect. - Shawn W Crispin (Jun 7, '12)