Thailand heads to first post-coup polls
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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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Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra  became Thailand's first two-time elected leader on Monday,  marking a new era of stable government after a crushing  election victory that proved the power of mass market populism.
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The interim prime minister hand-picked by Thailand's military commanders is expected to be formally announced and sworn-in Sunday after the country's king gives his approval, television editors said Saturday.
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Thailand's new civilian prime minister will have a free hand in running the country, its military leader said on Friday, trying to ease fears about the army casting its shadow over a return to democracy and beyond.
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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, Jan. 31 -- The leader of Thailand's ruling military junta vowed Wednesday to hold democratic elections before the end of the year, saying the army would immediately hand over control to a civilian government following the inauguration of a new prime minister.
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Military leaders in Thailand urge voters to accept the results of the forthcoming general election.
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Thailand's Election Commission (EC) said on Wednesday it may bring forward a promised December general election to November 25 if a post-coup constitution is approved quickly.
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Thais voted on Sunday in a post-coup general election that supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra sought to turn into a referendum on his return from exile.
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Slowly but it seems surely, the party backing ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is shaping up to form Thailand's next government, a stunning reversal of fortune after last year's military coup.
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Thai coup leader General Sonthi Boonyaratglin said Saturday the country's ruling junta will respect the outcome of this month's elections, the first since last year's bloodless coup.
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Thailand's election commission announces the first post-coup election will be held on 23 December.
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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra heads for an unprecedented win in the general election.
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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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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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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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Thailand's interim government votes to accept a recommendation to partially lift martial law.