Thailand ready for key election
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Thais are set to head to the polls in the first general election since the overthrow of PM Thaksin Shinawatra.
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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's Thai Rak Thai party is likely to win 399 out of 500 seats in parliament, a Thai television exit poll said on Sunday minutes after voting for a general election finished.
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Thailand's election commission announces the first post-coup election will be held on 23 December.
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Thailand's post-coup national election could be pushed back until early 2008 as legal experts fear a new constitution and other laws will not be finished as planned, army chief Sonthi Boonyaratglin said on Sunday.
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Thailand's new civilian prime minister will have a free hand in running the country, its military leader said on Friday, trying to ease fears about the army casting its shadow over a return to democracy and beyond.
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Thais voted Sunday in national elections expected to return Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to office with a huge mandate, his popularity buoyed by his hands-on reaction to the Dec. 26 tsunami disaster.
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Security is tight in Thailand ahead of a court ruling that could see the two main political parties disbanded.
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Thailand's Election Commission (EC) said on Wednesday it may bring forward a promised December general election to November 25 if a post-coup constitution is approved quickly.
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Thailand's crown prince on Monday opened the country's first elected parliament since a coup 16 months ago, with allies of deposed premier Thaksin Shinawatra back in charge under the People Power Party.
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Thailand's new ruling generals are set to unveil a new constitution ahead of an expected announcement that the country's former army chief would be named as interim prime minister.
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Slowly but it seems surely, the party backing ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is shaping up to form Thailand's next government, a stunning reversal of fortune after last year's military coup.
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Some 15,000 Thai troops were on alert Tuesday across the country as security fears rise ahead of a court decision whether to dissolve the kingdom&#39;s two largest political parties.
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BANGKOK, Jan. 31 -- The leader of Thailand's ruling military junta vowed Wednesday to hold democratic elections before the end of the year, saying the army would immediately hand over control to a civilian government following the inauguration of a new prime minister.
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Thailand's new military rulers were   preparing on Friday to launch an assault on alleged corruption   under ousted billionaire leader Thaksin Shinawatra after a coup   they say was needed to end political strife.
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Four days after a coup that ousted a   democratically elected prime minister, all eyes are on the Thai   military to make good on its pledge to select an interim leader   to oversee political reforms and eventual elections.
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By Nopporn Wong-Anan BANGKOK  - Thailand is braced for a leap into the unknown this week as a court decides whether to disband the country's top two parties and ban their leaders from politics for breaching election laws.
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Thailand's new civilian prime minister   will have a free hand in running the country, its military   leader said on Friday, trying to ease fears about the army   casting its shadow over a return to democracy and beyond.