Thailand's military tightens grip
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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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WASHINGTON -- At the United Nations lectern this week, President Bush hailed the spread of democracy. ``From Beirut to Baghdad," he said, ``people are making the choice for freedom." Yet even as he spoke, tanks were rolling through the streets of Bangkok as a military coup toppled the elected leader of Thailand, who at that moment was in New York ...
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Thailand's roller-coaster politics of the past year and a half, which saw a popular civilian government toppled by a military coup, heads for another treacherous turn Wednesday, when a court considers whether to disband the country's two largest parties.
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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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THAI army helicopters with loudspeakers hovered over remote jungle peaks in the south of the country yesterday, coaxing those who had fled Sundayâs massive tidal wave to come down to safety.
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Thailand's interim government lifts a ban on political party activities imposed after last September's coup.
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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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One of Thailand's new military rulers pleads for international understanding of the reasons behind the coup.
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Thailand's military-installed parliament approved a controversial internal security law that critics warned Friday will allow the military to maintain a grip on power even after this weekend's general election.
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Thailand's junta leader has said that he has asked the government to lift martial law across more than half the country in what would be the first easing of military rule since the September coup.
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Thailand's military rulers announced a stop-gap prime minister and constitution on Sunday, fulfilling a promise to step back in favor of civilians within two weeks of their coup against Thaksin Shinawatra.
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on bail listen as Thai army and police officials give a press conference at the Thaksin Palace in Narathiwat, southern Thailand, November 1, 2004.
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Thailand's military rulers announced a stop-gap prime minister and constitution on Sunday, fulfilling a promise to step back in favor of civilians within two weeks of last month's coup against Thaksin Shinawatra.
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Thailand approves extra troops for the country's troubled south, ahead of PM Thaksin Shinawatra's visit.
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NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand  - Bullet-proof  Buddhist monks, penniless farmers and a billionaire premier  armed with wads of cash all splashed across the front pages can  only mean one thing -- election-time is nearing in Thailand.
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Four days after a coup that ousted a   democratically elected prime minister, all eyes are on the Thai   military to make good on its pledge to select an interim leader   to oversee political reforms and eventual elections.
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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.