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Thai anti-government protesters postpone rally

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:22:39 GMT

Bangkok: Supporters of exiled former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Wednesday they had postponed indefinitely an anti-government rally due to start this weekend, which had worried investors in financial markets.
Source: DNA India

Thaksin supporters call off Thai protest

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:18:24 GMT

BANGKOK - Thai supporters of Thaksin Shinawatra Wednesday called off rallies due to start this weekend after the fugitive former premier said the protests were too close to the king's birthday.
Source: Channel News Asia

Thai anti-government protesters postpone rally

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:55:35 GMT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Supporters of exiled former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Wednesday they had postponed indefinitely an anti-government rally due to start this weekend, which had rattled financial markets.
Source: Reuters

Thai red-shirts may postpone mass rally: media

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:52:19 GMT

BANGKOK, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's anti-government group the United Front of Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) will review Wednesday whether to postpone their mass rally scheduled for this weekend after ex-Premier Thaksin Shinawatra on...
Source: Xinhua

Security clampdown in Thailand over fear of disruption to King's birthday

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:11:31 GMT

The Thai Government invoked a tough security law today because of fears that "Red Shirt" supporters of the ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will run riot this weekend and disrupt ceremonies marking the birthday of the country’s revered king.
Source: Times Online

What's Thai for Chicago-style politics?

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:45:13 GMT

A supporter of the People's Alliance for Democracy celebrates at the Government House in Bangkok after Thailand's Supreme Court ruled that former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra had violated a conflict-of-interest law while in office and sentenced...
Source: Global Post

Former Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej dies

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:14:05 GMT

Samak Sundaravej, a firebrand right-wing politician and TV cooking show host who briefly served as Thailand's prime minister and considered himself a proxy of ousted leader Thaksin Shinawatra, died of cancer on Tuesday. He was 74.
Source: Hindustan Times

Thailand invokes security act for Thaksin protests

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:22:21 GMT

BANGKOK - Thailand's government agreed Tuesday to impose a harsh security law across the whole of Bangkok for the first time, ahead of fresh protests by supporters of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra.
Source: Channel News Asia

Quoted in 'Richard Lloyd Parry and Thaksin Shinawatra accused of lèse-majesté'

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:14:08 GMT

Thaksin Shinawatra said in Times Online:

Accusations that I am against the monarchy have been used by my political enemies in Thailand many times in attempts to discredit me. They will not succeed for I am and always will be a faithful and loyal servant to the King.

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Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:22:28 GMT

Supporters of the fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra link their hands at a gathering during the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in the southern Thai resort town of Cha-am on October 23, 2009.

Quoted in 'Cambodia not to extradite Thaksin if Thaksin seeks shelter: gov't spokesman'

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:42:12 GMT

said in People's Daily Online:

Cambodian government will reject the demand of Thai government to extradite Thaksin for political reasons, if Thaksin Shinawatra agrees to live in Cambodia

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Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:21:20 GMT

Sondhi Limthongkul (C), leader of the movement's new political party who led a blockade of Bangkok's airports last year to drive Thaksin's allies from government, answers questions from the press at Metropolitan Police Bureau in Bangkok on October 9, 20...

Former Thai PM sees political crisis from Dubai - 14 Apr 09

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:11:50 GMT