Thailand holds first election since coup
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Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, deposed, exiled and allegedly corrupt, was poised for a comeback-by-proxy as his loyalists looked likely to win Thailand's national election Sunday.
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BANGKOK, Dec. 24 -- The Thai political party allied with deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said Monday that it has recruited enough other parties to form a coalition government following its success in the country's first election since a 2006 coup.
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Thailand's junta has publicly announced a ban on all political meetings and the registration of new political parties, one day after staging a bloodless military coup that ousted the country's prime minister.
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Thais went to the polls Sunday in an election meant to restore democracy more than a year after the military ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, whose shadow looms large over the balloting.
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Thailand's coup leaders will work   alongside an interim civilian government, not above it,   officials said on Friday, trying to ease fears about the army   casting its shadow over a return to democracy and beyond.
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The party that vowed to bring back Thaksin Shinawatra has won the first election since the 2006 coup that ousted him. But fulfilling that promise won't be easy
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Thai military leaders seek to consolidate their hold on power, after staging a coup in the PM's absence.
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Few people expected Thailand's political crisis to lead to a coup. But when the military made its move to take over the government Tuesday, it came as no surprise that Gen. Sondhi Boonyaratkalin was in charge.
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Thailand heads to the polls Sunday in an election meant to restore democracy more than a year after the military ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, whose shadow looms large over the balloting.
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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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Thailand is poised to take over a television station once controlled by its former prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a coup in September.
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Polls opened Sunday in Thailand's first national election after a military coup, with loyalists of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra expected to capture the most votes, The Associated Press reported
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Thailand's ruling military announced an interim constitution Sunday that was to be followed by the naming of a prime minister to head the country for the next year.
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A Thai court rejected legal challenges against a party allied with ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Friday, paving the way for the installment of the first elected government since a 2006 military coup.
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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has staged a political comeback, leading his first cabinet meeting since stepping aside seven weeks ago following street protests and controversial polls.
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With the selection of Samak Sundaravej as prime minister, Thailand has completed a transition back to democracy, but the bumpy ride may not be over.
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Thailand's Thaksin Shinawatra is cruising into February 6 polls with an unassailable lead, after a first term navigating unforeseen crises from bird flu and separatist violence to the unprecedented tsunami.