Thailand's Proxy Candidate
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Samak Sundaravej is running for Prime Minister with one campaign promise: to bring back his ousted predecessor, Thaksin Shinawatra
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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.
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By Aranee Jaiimsin, Bangkok Post, Thailand  Feb.
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One of Thailand's new military rulers pleads for international understanding of the reasons behind the coup.
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Former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra said Tuesday he wanted to return to Thailand in February, but that he would stay out of politics.
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Until two weeks ago, Smith Thammasaroj was a prophet without honor. As chief of Thailand's meteorological department in 1998, he was accused of scare-mongering when he warned that the country's southwest coast could face a deadly tsunami.
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Reports and rumors about the ruling juntaÂs choice for an interim prime minister centered on Surayud Chulanont, a respected retired general.
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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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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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By Deborah Wheeler, Walton Sun, Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.  Dec. 9--Local violinist Carol Wolosky recently returned from Thailand where she was honored by being part of an orchestra that was hand selected to perform for Thailand's emperor.
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Chronicles and pronouncements of Thailand's king &#151; the world's longest-serving monarch and a godlike figure to many &#151; will soon be trumpeted online.
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Thailand's government will discuss next week how to reclaim a satellite concession that the ousted prime minister's family sold to a Singapore government investment arm, a minister said Sunday.
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Thailand's military rulers, having successfully held power for more than a week, are now grappling with how to give it up, hinting Tuesday that a former army commander might be named the provisional prime minister,
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BANGKOK, Jan. 28 -- A combative veteran politician representing deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's interests was chosen as Thailand's new prime minister Monday, a move that could put him on a collision course with the military that ousted Thaksin in a 2006 coup.
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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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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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Plans for a major Asian summit to discuss terrorism and European-style integration have been jolted by Thailand&#39;s prime minister who has threatened to walk out if neighbors raised concerns about a Muslim insurgency in his country&#39;s