Thailand's army still looms large in politics
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By Nopporn Wong-Anan BANGKOK  - Even though   Thailand's last military coup was 15 years ago, when Bangkok   motorists spotted tanks rolling down the street last week, many   thought the army was up to its old tricks once again.
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Thailand faced an uncertain political future Thursday after a top court banned ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his party from contesting promised elections later this year.
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Thailand's new military rulers sideline allies of ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra in an annual army reshuffle.
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Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra promises to change tack in his handling of the violence gripping the country's south.
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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 -- Thailand's new military rulers tightened their grip yesterday, restricting political activities, assuming legislative powers and detaining some allies of the deposed prime minister.
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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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NARATHIWAT, Thailand  -- Colonel Sumet Matreeprasaru stands before a wall-sized map where red squares mark recent attacks in Thailand&#39;s Muslim-majority south, and shrugs his shoulders.
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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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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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Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will not dare return from exile because he could be assassinated by his opponents, the general who removed him in a bloodless coup last year said on Wednesday.
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Relatives wait outside a military base in Pattani province, southern Thailand, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2004 in a bid to see Thai-Muslim demonstrators arrested by security forces after Monday&#39;s riot.
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In the dead of night and without firing a shot, Thailand's military overthrew popularly elected Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Tuesday amid mounting criticism that he had undermined democracy.
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Thailandâs government has come under harsh attack from media, politicians, activists and ordinary citizens for the deaths of 78 Muslim protesters in custody, with many saying authorities are making matters worse in the volatile, Muslim-majority south.
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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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MAE SOT, Thailand -- They travel for days though checkpoints, across dangerous roads and past Myanmar's bribe-hungry soldiers to make it to the Thai border. They're not refugees fleeing the junta _ they simply want to see a doctor.
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Thailand's leading parties wooed possible partners for a coalition government on Monday, a day after allies of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra came out on top in the country's first election since he was ousted in a September 2006 military coup.