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Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Demonstrators from the People's Alliance for Democracy cheer at Suvarnabhumi international Airport after a court dissolved Thailand's top three ruling parties (Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)
 
We get an update on the political upheaval in Thailand, as as the nation's aging monarch's birthday approaches. And, in Brazil, the government pledges to cut deforestation by 70% within a decade. Also, 100 countries agree to ban cluster bombs. The United States is not a signatory.





 
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Thailand: Update on Political Upheaval  
Michael Montesano — Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore
New Treaty Signed in Oslo Bans Cluster Bombs  
Lora Lumpe — Director of United States Campaign to Ban Cluster Bombs
Brazil Pledges to Cut Deforestation 70% by 2018  
Roberto Smeraldi — Director of Friends of the Earth (Amigos da Terra) - Brazilian Amazonia
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