Thai PM Gets Down on the Farm as Election Nears
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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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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra fired the defense and agriculture ministers after his public ratings fell following the government&#39;s failure to stop violence in the Muslim-dominated south and the spread of bird flu.
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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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Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, deposed, exiled and allegedly corrupt, was poised for a comeback-by-proxy as his loyalists looked likely to win Thailand's national election Sunday.
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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has warned that violence in the country&#39;s south could get worse. Mr Thaksin said suspected Muslim separatists wanted to provoke the government into over-reacting.
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Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said on Saturday he was ready to negotiate with his ousted predecessor, Thaksin Shinawatra, to defuse growing political tensions in the country.
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Ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is lying low in London, mulling his options after flying in for a &quot;private&quot; visit following the military coup in his homeland.
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BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand&#39;s prime minister has said he will heed the words of the nation&#39;s king to use a &quot;gentle approach&quot; in the aftermath of 85 people dying at the hands of government forces last week.
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Deposed Thai PM still wanted on corruption charges despite election victory by his allies, officials say
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Thailand's coming polls revolve around a former Prime Minister who is not even in the country. Is this any way to hold an election?
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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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Samak Sundaravej is handily elected Thailand's Prime Minister, but with a mandate that's far from secure -- and an exiled Thaksin Shinawatra waiting in the wings
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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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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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People in Thailand take part in the first general election since last year's coup which ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra.
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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.
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Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was  set to become Thailand's most powerful elected leader on Monday  following a crushing election win that should make him head of  the country's first single-party government.