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Politics tamfitronics BANGKOK — The 37-year-old daughter of billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra became Thailand's prime minister Friday, the third member of the influential but divisive clan to lead the country.Paetongtarn Shinawatra — the youngest leader in Thailand's history as a constitutional monarchy and the second woman premier after her aunt Yingluck — assumes office after two court rulings that threw the kingdom's politics into turmoil.She will hope to avoid the fate of her father and aunt, both of whom were ousted by the army during a two-decade power struggle between Thaksin and the kingdom's conservative pro-military, pro-royalist establishment.Thailand's newly elected Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra performs a greeting in thanks as the party members applaud to celebrate after winning the parliamentary vote to become prime minister, at the Pheu Thai Party's headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, 16 August...