Thaksin to return to Thailand before May: foreign minister
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Deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will return to Thailand from a self-imposed exile before May, the kingdom's new foreign minister said Friday.
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Thailand's foreign minister said Thursday his office may restore to ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra the symbolic privilege of holding a diplomatic passport, in the latest suggestion from the new government that it may rehabilitate the former leader.
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Embattled Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra resumed his duties full-time Tuesday as opponents planned more street demonstrations and law suits to force his ouster.
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Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra is to make his first visit to Burma since its military junta ousted the prime minister.
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BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand's military coup leaders faced international calls yesterday for a swift return to democracy, after vowing to choose a new prime minister within two weeks to replace ousted Thaksin Shinawatra.
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Thailand&#39;s junta chief on Tuesday said general elections would go ahead this year as planned, contradicting earlier comments that a return to democracy might be postponed until 2008.
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Ally announces former PM's return as Thailand prepares for election, 15 months after coup
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BANGKOK - Thailand will need months to repair damage to its lucrative tourism industry wrought by the deadly tsunami that swept across the Indian Ocean, a senior tourism official said on Tuesday.
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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra,   who was ousted in a bloodless military coup, arrived in Britain   on Wednesday, airport officials said.
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Ousted Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra says he will return to his native land when democracy is restored and spend his time teaching and taking part in charity work.
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Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said Thursday he would take a "deserved rest," and urged the military leaders of the country to quickly arrange for new national elections.
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Thai prosecutors said Thursday they plan to travel to Britain for talks on what they admit is a long-shot bid to seek the extradition of ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra on corruption charges.
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Ousted Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra says he may return home, but insists he will not return to politics.
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Thailand's ruling generals cemented their grip on power, as ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said he would take a break from politics and called for national reconciliation.
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Thailand's army chief promised on   Wednesday to return "power to the people" as soon as possible   after the military ousted billionaire Prime Minister Thaksin   Shinawatra without firing a shot.
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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 enormously popular King Bhumibol Adulyadej has praised the country's post-coup government as &quot;wise and experienced&quot;, but hinted he expected to see a new premier within a year.