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Ex-PM's Sis Sweeps to Victory in Thai Vote
The sister of exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra led Thailand's main opposition party to a landslide victory in elections Sunday, heralding an extraordinary political turnaround five...
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Hacker Mocks Thai PM— on Her Own Twitter Account
A mocking hacker took over the Twitter account of Thailand's recently elected prime minister today, questioning her ability to defend the country if she cannot even secure her own tweets. The unknown...
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Thai Death Toll Passes 500
The nationwide death toll from Thailand's worst floods in half a century climbed past 500 today, as the polluted black water continued its march into Bangkok and authorities ordered a spate of new...
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Thai Protesters Storm Foreign Ministry
Thai protesters, angry over a government they say remains controlled by an ousted leader, have stormed the country's foreign and finance ministry compounds. The demonstrations follow a protest...
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Thai PM Survives Vote, Begs for Peace
Thailand's embattled prime minister begged protesters who have staged the most sustained street rallies in Bangkok in years to call off their demonstrations today and negotiate an end to the nation's...
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Thais Storm Army HQ
Protesters in Thailand stormed the national army headquarters today, breaking into their latest high-profile target in a bid to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra . The crowd of about 1,200...
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Thai Opposition Quits En Masse
Thailand's main opposition party resigned from Parliament today en masse to protest what it called "the illegitimacy" of a government with which it can no longer work, deepening the country's political...
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Thai PM Dissolves Government Amid 'Final Showdown'
Thailand's prime minister has announced she will dissolve the lower house of Parliament and call early elections in an attempt to calm the country's deepening political crisis. The surprise move came...
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Thailand Fight to Delay Polls Turns Deadly
Thailand's election commission today urged the government to delay upcoming polls as clashes between security forces and anti-government protesters killed a police officer and injured nearly 100...
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US Warns Citizens as Protests Shut Down Bangkok
Protesters aiming to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and put democracy in Thailand on hold have shut down Bangkok by building barricades and blocking key road junctions. Some 18,000 security...
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Grenade Hurled Into Bangkok Protestors' Truck
Dozens of people were wounded in Thailand's capital today when a grenade was hurled at anti-government demonstrators marching through Bangkok, an ominous development that raises tensions in the...
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Protest-Wracked Thailand Declares State of Emergency
Protesters in Thailand have been making their case against the government for two months, and violence has become commonplace; this weekend saw a grenade thrown at marching demonstrators. Now, with...
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Thai Protesters Vow to Nullify Election
Thai protesters vowed today to stage larger rallies in central Bangkok and push ahead their efforts to nullify the results of elections that were expected to prolong a national political crisis....
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Thai Protests Turn Ugly, 4 Killed
Four people were killed and 64 injured in Bangkok today when police tried to break up an anti-government protest around the prime minister's office, one of several buildings protesters have tried to...
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Court Bans Violence Against Thai Protesters
A Thai court ordered the government today not to use force against protesters who are seeking to oust the prime minister, a day after violent clashes between riot police and demonstrators left five...
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Court Ousts Thai PM
Thailand's prime minister was ordered to step down today along with part of her Cabinet after a court found her guilty in an abuse of power case, pushing the country deeper into political turmoil....
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Thais to Army: Your Music Stinks
With Thailand's military now firmly in control of the country after yesterday's coup , more than 150 politicians and activists have been detained and banned from leaving the country. Among them was...
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Thai Coup Leaders Free Ousted PM —Sort of
Deposed Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra has been released from military detention by coup leaders, reports CNN , two days after she was ordered to surrender. Her situation isn't entirely clear,...
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Thailand Scrubs Ex-PM From Textbooks
In the Thai calendar, this is the year 2557—but you could be forgiven for thinking it was 1984. The generals who have been running the country since May's military coup have not only banned elections...
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Thailand's Former PM Is Now a Fugitive
Thailand's military ruler said authorities are searching for Yingluck Shinawatra—the prime minister he ousted three years ago—after she failed to appear for a verdict Friday in a criminal case that...
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