Thais await key political ruling
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Security is tight in Thailand ahead of a court ruling that could see the two main political parties disbanded.
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Thais voted Sunday in national elections expected to return Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to office with a huge mandate, his popularity buoyed by his hands-on reaction to the Dec. 26 tsunami disaster.
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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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First election since the military coup 15 months ago fuels fears of further political uncertainty in Thailand
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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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Thailand's post-coup national election could be pushed back until early 2008 as legal experts fear a new constitution and other laws will not be finished as planned, army chief Sonthi Boonyaratglin said on Sunday.
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Thais went 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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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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Thailand's election commission announces the first post-coup election will be held on 23 December.
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Thailand's military rulers unveiled 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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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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Â· Government ordered to give reason for crackdownÂ· President awaits key court ruling on re-election bid
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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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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra heads for an unprecedented win in the general election.
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A military-backed commission backs Thailand's new charter, which could lead to elections by the end of the year.
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Gen Sonthi Boonyaratglin,  leader of Thailand's military coup, vows to appoint a new prime minister in two weeks.
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Thailand prepared Thursday to lift the last of its controversial capital controls, as the nation's junta leader and the prime minister scrambled to replace the finance minister who imposed them.