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Thailand’s ailing king made his first remarks to the nation since the country descended into crisis, but made no reference to the conflict.
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Thailand’s ailing king spoke on the political chaos, but did not directly address the sometimes violent crisis that has paralyzed Bangkok.
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Abhisit Vejjajiva said that he continued to seek a peaceful solution to Thailand’s tense political standoff but that he would not give in to what he called intimidation.
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Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva of Thailand rejected a compromise offer by anti-government protesters to end weeks of protests in return for early polls.
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A rural region forms much of the core of the red shirt movement, demonstrating the magnitude of the challenge facing Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.
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Three and a half years after being ousted in a coup, Thaksin Shinawatra remains the most influential — and most disruptive — political figure in Thailand.
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The “yellow shirt” movement threatened to challenge the red shirt protesters with a counter-demonstration.
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The recommendation by Thailand’s election commission severely weakens the beleaguered coalition government.
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However the impasse plays out, Thailand’s crisis is bound to continue, the product of a tectonic shift in which the poor majority has begun to stir and challenge an entrenched hierarchy of power.
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At least 15 were reported killed and 685 wounded in Thailand’s worst political violence in 20 years.
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Thai protesters stormed into a telecom compound and were met with riot police firing tear gas and water cannons, but police quickly withdrew.
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Thailand declared a state of emergency in Bangkok after antigovernment protesters broke into the Parliament.
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Convoys of anti-government protesters coursed through Bangkok while thousands more remained in the heart of the city, defying orders to disperse.
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Demonstrators defied calls to disperse in a major escalation of three weeks of mass protests.
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The deferential culture that has helped anchor the social hierarchy in Thailand for centuries is fraying, analysts say, as poorer Thais become more assertive.
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Thailand’s prime minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, met leaders of a mass demonstration in the first major effort to defuse the street protests since they began two weeks ago.
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Antigovernment demonstrators said Thursday that they would continue their protests at least through the weekend, as efforts to mediate a standoff with the government faltered.
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Police said the number of protesters, many of whom are farmers from northeast Thailand, was down sharply to 20,000 people from more than 100,000 on Sunday.
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Convoys of farmers in pickup trucks and busloads of families wearing the protesters’ trademark red shirts blanketed a district of ministries and government offices.
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While pledging nonviolence, protest leaders say they will gather mass rallies and blockades of government offices, starting on Friday and building over the following days.
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Thaksin Shinawatra, an ousted prime minister, voices his resolve to struggle against the Thai government after a damaging court ruling.
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Thailand’s Supreme Court ruled that Thaksin Shinawatra had abused his power to benefit companies he owned.
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Friday is “judgment day” in Thailand, with a court set to decide whether to confiscate $2.3 billion in frozen assets belonging to the fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
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The five men, who flew into Bangkok two months ago laden with North Korean weapons, will be sent back to their home countries of Belarus and Kazakhstan.
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SOP RUAK, Thailand — Basket loads of fish, villagers bathing along the banks of the river, a farmer’s market selling jungle delicacies — these are Pornlert Prompanya’s boyhood memories of a wild and pristine Mekong River.
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Five crew members of an aircraft carrying weapons from North Korea were denied bail here Monday and ordered held for at least 12 days while police investigate.
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