Thaksin to return as Thai political mess churns on
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Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Tuesday he was confident the party he backed in weekend elections could form a coalition government, unless prevented unfairly, allowing him to return from exile.
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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra called for national reconciliation for the sake of the country&#039;s widely revered king, who was recovering from a fractured rib after a fall.
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Thailand's army chief vowed on   Wednesday to clean up the country's political landscape and   return "power to the people" as soon as possible after a   bloodless coup against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
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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 army-appointed government has called a general election for December 23 which many people hope will end months of political turmoil but may also steer the country into another era of weak coalitions.
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BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand's military coup leaders faced international calls yesterday for a swift return to democracy, after vowing to choose a new prime minister within two weeks to replace ousted Thaksin Shinawatra.
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Ousted Thai PM Thaksin's wife returns to fight corruption charges, as his allies try to form a government.
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Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra resumed his duties Tuesday as challenges to his hold on power mounted even after a self-imposed leave of absence for seven weeks.
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The interim Thai prime minister says his exiled predecessor can return to fight a freeze on his $1.6bn assets.
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Thai coup leaders hope probes into   graft allegations against deposed Prime Minister Thaksin   Shinawatra and his cabinet will end with them banished from   politics, their chief lawyer said on Wednesday.
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Thailand went back to work as normal on   Thursday after a military coup legitimized by the king but the   opposition called for fast-tracked elections to show the new   rulers are serious about a return to democracy.
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BANGKOK -- Really, he is not up to anything. Just doing a little shopping, taking a well-earned rest. What is everybody so worked up about? From China to Hong Kong to Bali, Thailand's deposed prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, ousted in September in a coup, has been circling his country, mostly shopping for blazers, handbags, things like that; playing a little ...
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Thailand made an uneasy return to democracy Wednesday with the swearing-in of a Cabinet dominated by loyalists to the prime minister ousted 19 months ago in a military coup.
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Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra promises to change tack in his handling of the violence gripping the country's south.
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Ousted and exiled Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, whose supporters triumphed in a weekend general election, faces arrest on corruption and fraud charges if he returns home, a senior prosecutor said on Thursday.
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Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was  set to become Thailand's most powerful elected leader on Monday  following a crushing election win that should make him head of  the country's first single-party government.
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Thailand's military looks set to loom   large over an interim civilian government despite pledging it   would step back two weeks after ousting Prime Minister Thaksin   Shinawatra in a bloodless coup.