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The Carson City School District and Carson High School were pleased to commemorate Sept. 11 this past weekend with the assistance of Troop 341 and an Eagle Scout Project. Chandler Ricks, an eleventh graders at Sierra Lutheran High School, and his troop cleaned and repaired the 9/11 Memorial just outside the main entrance of Carson High.

The Carson City School District and Carson High School were pleased to commemorate Sept. 11 this past weekend with the assistance of Troop 341 and an Eagle Scout Project. Chandler Ricks, an eleventh graders at Sierra Lutheran High School, and his troop cleaned and repaired the 9/11 Memorial just outside the main entrance of Carson High.

Move Forward Party’s prime ministerial candidate Pita Limjaroenrat has likely lost his last shot at becoming prime minister.

Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat had assembled a coalition of parties holding a majority in the house of representatives.

Thailand's hopes to return to civilian democratic control after nearly a decade of military-dominated rule suffered a major setback Wednesday as the winner of May's national elections, progressive Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat, was blocked again from forming a new government and simultaneously suspended from parliament by order of the country's Constitutional Court.

Thai parliament blocks Move Forward Party’s progressive leader from renomination for prime minister, prompting protests.

The Thai election sent a clear signal of what voters want, but a tricky path of post-election politics remains before their message can be heard.

Assembling a parliamentary majority, avoiding electoral convictions and evading a possible coup are challenges Pita must survive before assuming prime ministership writes Jacob Ricks (SMU).

“Defend Dr. Baker.”

On January 24th, Burkina Faso bore witness to its third destabilizing coup in less than a decade. It also marked the eighth successful putsch American soldiers launched in multiple West African countries since 2008. The Intercept reports that Ouagadougou’s new leader, Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, took part in many United States led AFRICOM (Africa Command)