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Thai premier survives no-confidence vote

(UPDATE) BANGKOK — Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra breezed through a no-confidence vote in parliament on Wednesday in the first test of her premiership, emerging unscathed from a two-day opposition onslaught to reaffirm the stability of her coalition.

Thailand's youngest head of government won the backing of 319 out of 488 lawmakers present, despite a barrage of barbs during a censure debate that accused her of being unqualified, lacking economic knowledge, evading tax, serving her wealthy family, and taking direction from her billionaire father and political heavyweight Thaksin Shinawatra.