Thais to vote in first post-coup election
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Thailand was poised Saturday for the first election since last year's bloodless coup, under the close watch of the military and the looming shadow of deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
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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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Indonesians are voting for the first time to elect their nation&#39;s president and vice president. Polls opened early Monday morning with 140,000 police officers deployed across the
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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 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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A panel appointed by Thailand's coup leaders to draw up a new constitution agreed on a final draft Friday and scheduled a referendum in August, setting up the possibility of elections later this year.
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As promised, the generals who seized power 15 months ago in a coup are holding an election on Sunday to hand Thailand back to a civilian government.
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Thailand's ruling generals were 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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Thailand's military coup leaders faced   international calls for a swift return to democracy on   Wednesday, after vowing to choose a new prime minister within   two weeks to replace ousted Thaksin Shinawatra.
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Thai coup leader General Sonthi Boonyaratglin looks set to run in a general election promised by the end of this year, the Bangkok Post newspaper reported on Wednesday, quoting a source close to him.
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Indonesians began voting on Monday in a  landmark election expected to remove President Megawati  Sukarnoputri and install an ex-general who has vowed firmer  leadership in fighting terror and boosting the economy.
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First election since the military coup 15 months ago fuels fears of further political uncertainty in Thailand
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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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Thailand's parliament elected pugnacious right-winger Samak Sundaravej prime minister on Monday as the country returns to representative, civilian government after a bloodless September 2006 coup.
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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra heads for an unprecedented win in the general election.
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Thailand prepared Thursday to lift the last of its controversial capital controls, as the nation's junta leader and the prime minister scrambled to replace the finance minister who imposed them.
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Indonesians began voting on Monday in a  landmark election and are expected to throw out President  Megawati Sukarnoputri and install an ex-general vowing firmer  leadership in fighting terror and boosting the economy.