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Yingluck Shinawatra to hear charges of negligence over government rice subsidy scheme

Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra has been summoned by an anti-corruption panel to hear charges of negligence over a government rice…

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Bangkok explosion death toll rises to three

The death toll from a blast in Bangkok rose to three on Monday. On Sunday, an apparent grenade blast near…

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Thailand: Gunmen attack opposition rally killing 5-year-old girl in Trat

A five-year-old girl has been killed and dozens of other people wounded after gunmen have opened fire on an anti-government…

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Thailand elections 2014: Constitutional court rejects opposition request to annul vote

Thai constitutional court has rejected an opposition request to annul the February 2 election, citing insufficient grounds. The Democrat Party…

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Thailand elections 2014: Protesters block voting in parts of Bangkok and south

Thailand's general election has been disrupted by protests with voting being halted in parts of Bangkok and the south, but…

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Thailand elections 2014: Yingluck Shinawatra’s party expected to win after opposition boycott

The Thai polling has now ended in a general election boycotted by the opposition and blighted by protests. Anti-government activists…

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Thailand elections 2014: Violent clashes in Bangkok ahead of Sunday’s poll

Violent clashes involving anti-government protesters have erupted ahead of Sunday's elections in Thai capital, Bangkok. According to local media, several…

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Thai protesters surround polling stations blocking early election vote

Thai protesters have surrounded polling stations, blocking early voting ahead of next week's general election, officials say. One of their…

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Kwanchai Praipana: Thai red-shirt leader shot in Udon Thani

Thailand's pro-government "red-shirt" leader Kwanchai Praipana has been shot, as the 60-day state of emergency came into effect in Bangkok…

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Yingluck Shinawatra under investigation over corrupt rice subsidy scheme

PM Yingluck Shinawatra is being investigated by Thailand's official anti-corruption commission in connection with the government's controversial rice subsidy scheme.…

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Thai protesters begin Bangkok shutdown

Thai protesters are blocking roads in parts of Bangkok in a bid to oust Yingluck Shinawatra’s government before snap elections…

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Thai government seeks military poll help

Thai government said it would ask the army to provide security for February's elections, as the military called for restraint…

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Bangkok protesters clash with police at Thai-Japanese stadium

Thai riot police have fired teargas at protesters trying to prevent political parties from registering for February's elections at Bangkok’s…

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Thailand: Protesters surround poll registration stadium

Thai anti-government protesters have surrounded the stadium where candidates were due to register to stand in February's elections. They say…

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Thailand: Opposition holds mass rally in Bangkok

Thailand’s opposition is to hold a mass rally in the capital Bangkok as its campaign to bring down the government…

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Thailand’s opposition to boycott snap elections

Thailand's main opposition party has decided to boycott snap elections set for February 2, 2014. Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva…

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Abhisit Vejjajiva: Former Thai PM charged with murder in connection with 2010 protests

Former Thailand’s PM Abhisit Vejjajiva has been formally charged with murder in connection with a crackdown on demonstrators in 2010.…

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Yingluck Shinawatra rejects resignation call

Thailand’s PM Yingluck Shinawatra has rejected protesters' demands that she resign before February's snap elections. Demonstrators have been calling for…

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Yingluck Shinawatra to dissolve Thai parliament after opposition resignation

Thailand’s PM Yingluck Shinawatra has announced she will dissolve parliament and call an election, after sustained protests in the capital,…

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Thai protesters enter Yingluck Shinawatra’s office

Thai police removed barricades from outside both Government House and the police office in Bangkok announcing that protesters are welcomed…

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Yingluck Shinawatra rejects protesters’ demands to step down

Thailand’s PM Yingluck Shinawatra has rejected protesters' demands that she step down, amid ongoing clashes in Bangkok. Yingluck Shinawatra said…

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Yingluck Shinawatra given two-day ultimatum

Thailand’s protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban says he has met Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and given her two days to "return…

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Thailand protests: Troops deployed amid Bangkok clashes

Thailand’s government has decided to deploy troops in Bangkok to support riot police shielding official buildings from anti-government protesters. Tear…

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Bangkok protests: At least one killed and three wounded by gunfire

Clashes broke out in Bangkok between rival protesters killing at least one person and wounding other three. People heading to…

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Thai protesters target army headquarters in Bangkok

Hundreds of Thai protesters forced their way into the army headquarters in Bangkok, on the sixth day of anti-government rallies.…

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