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“Deposed Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released on bail Thursday after appearing in the country’s Supreme Court to face charges of corruption and abuse of power.
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The 58-year-old telecommunications tycoon and owner of the English Premier League Manchester City Football Club has lived abroad since being deposed in a bloodless military coup in September 2006, despite two landslide victories by his party.”
