Thai candidate for U.N. chief throws in the towel
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Thailand's candidate for head of the United Nations has withdrawn from the race after Security Council members made it clear South Korea's Ban Ki-moon would get the job, Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said on Thursday.
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Former Thai Foreign Minister Surin  Pitsuwan, a Muslim with wide international respect, emerged on  Thursday as a possible last-minute candidate to replace Kofi  Annan as United Nations Secretary-General.
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Fears of a post-election dirty tricks campaign by Thailand's old guard appear to be coming true.
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Thailand's Supreme Court threw out a lawsuit on Friday seeking to annul its December 23 election, bringing the party backing ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra another step closer to forming a coalition government.
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Sport: Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra tables formal bid for Manchester City.
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A one-time key aide to deposed Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra on Wednesday quit his post at the head of the military government's new economics team, less than a week after he was appointed.
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President Susilo's promises of reform are bogged down amid controversy over appointments, human rights.
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UNITED NATIONS -- Kofi Annan is rejecting calls for his resignation, vowing to &quot;carry on&quot; at the helm of the United Nations for the next two years.
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Former Thai Foreign Minister Surin   Pitsuwan, a Muslim with wide international respect, emerged on   Thursday as a possible last-minute candidate to replace Kofi   Annan as United Nations Secretary-General.
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Thailand's political parties got down to hard bargaining on Monday after voters roundly rejected last year's military coup but failed to give supporters of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra an outright majority.
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The Indian candidate for U.N. secretary-general said that the race to succeed Kofi Annan 'could well be all over' if the current front-runner again does well in the next informal poll of the U.N. Security ...Comment
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Thailand's airport authority chief quits amid mounting pressure over the failings of Bangkok's new airport.
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Deposed Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra quit as head of the Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party on Tuesday, signaling the de facto collapse of a political machine that had dominated the country until last month's coup.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan appealed for nations to unite against human rights abuses, religious divisions, brutal conflicts and an unjust world economy in an emotional farewell on Tuesday. But his remarks were overshadowed by a military coup in Thailand and the Iranian president's fiery defense of his country's nuclear program.
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Thai Finance Minister Pridiyathorn Devakula quits,  blaming infighting in the military-backed government.
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Thailand's new military ruler, winning crucial royal backing for his bloodless coup, announced Wednesday that he would not call elections for another year. The U.S. and other Western nations expressed disapproval and urged a swift restoration of democracy.
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Thailand's military rulers said Thursday they had chosen a prime minister for an interim government to be installed in a few days, but would not confirm that it was the front-running candidate, a former army commander.