51.   The Thai government fell last month, and a new prime minister has promised to comply with the measures.

52.   The Thai government initially saw AIDS as a threat to tourism to be covered up, but then shifted to take it seriously as a threat to public health.

53.   The Thai government is struggling to breathe life into an economy growing at its slowest pace in a decade.

54.   The Thai government will also encourage mergers and acquisitions among Thai financial institutions, in part to make them more efficient.

55.   The Thai government denied reports it plans to gag the local media, saying it just wants journalists to refrain from spreading rumors.

56.   The Thai government expects flat to slightly positive growth next year.

57.   The Thai government has made substantial progress in eliminating opium-growing in northern Thailand, which is part of the area known as the Golden Triangle.

58.   The Thai government, as part of its bailout agreement with the International Monetary Fund, pledged to announce its foreign reserves and remaining swap contracts twice a month.

59.   The Thai government, in the face of public opposition, earlier this month repealed newly imposed fuel tax increases designed to meet IMF fiscal requirements.

60.   Then, after factional strife, and after the Thai government told him he would have to leave Thailand, Nu abandoned the armed struggle against the Burmese government.