A cabinet reshuffle in Thailand has brought loyal allies of self-exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra into the government led by his sister, tightening his grip on power.
Mr Thaksin, ousted by the army in 2006, lives abroad to avoid a prison sentence for abuse of power but is widely thought to be running south-east Asia's second-largest economy from bases in Dubai through PM Yingluck Shinawatra.
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