“Lost in Laos,” the opening track on Dengue Fever’s self-titled first album, sets the tone for what lies ahead: a moody, mysterious, driven blend of alt-rock, Cambodian pop and party music that sounds like a soundtrack to a Phnom Penh-based spy thriller, or an Asian spaghetti western.

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Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej told a senior US envoy Friday that Thaksin Shinawatra will not run his government from behind the scenes, now that the deposed premier has returned from exile.

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