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THAI TALK
Thaksin's 'political pause' is only the first step

A few hours before Thaksin Shinawatra announced on Tuesday evening that he wouldn't accept the premiership when (if?) the new House was called to pick a new leader, I wrote this commentary based on his television appearance the evening before:
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Malaysian women take a stand against discrimination

A war of words has engulfed Datin Paduka Marina Mahathir since she controversially declared that Malaysia's Muslim women are second-class citizens, held back by discriminatory family laws that do not apply to non-Muslims.
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