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Article: Toppled Thai leader Thaksin welcomed in Cambodia
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- November 10, 2009
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Thailand's ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, whose political battle against his successors has left his country bitterly divided, received a warm welcome Tuesday in neighboring Cambodia, which shares his disdain for the current government in Bangkok.
Thaksin, a globe-trotting fugitive from Thai justice whose sniping at his homeland has kept his countrymen on edge, has now helped stir up a sharp diplomatic clash between the neighboring nations.
The toppled leader is scheduled to deliver a lecture Thursday to more than 300 economists while in Phnom Penh. Last week he was appointed an adviser to the Cambodian government on economic affairs, sparking cries that he was ...