Thai elections could be delayed to 2008: coup chief
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Thailand's post-coup general 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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Thailand's embattled Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said in an interview broadcast Thursday that he was tired and considering stepping aside after general elections expected by the end of the year.
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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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Ousted Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra says he may return home, but insists he will not return to politics.
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The Thai government is threatening to delay a deal to buy eight European Airbus planes for its national carrier in an attempt to persuade Europe to buy more of its agricultural products.
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Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, whose supporters triumphed in a general election, faces arrest on corruption charges if he returns, a prosecutor said.
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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 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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Thai army chief and coup leader Sonthi Boonyaratglin denied rumors on Thursday that he was about to fire his appointed prime minister or impose martial law in the capital, to the relief of nervous stock market investors.
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Thai judges said on Wednesday ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's party was guilty of breaking election laws, a ruling which may bar its top officials from politics and push the country deeper into uncertainty.
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The Thai army chief who staged last month's coup said Thursday that he has agreed to hold talks with rebel leaders in the restive south, an abrupt policy change from the administration of the ousted prime minister.
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Thailand's new military ruler, winning crucial royal backing for his bloodless coup, announced Wednesday that he would not call elections for another year. The U.S. and other Western nations expressed disapproval and urged a swift restoration of democracy.
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An election planned for DR Congo in June may have to be delayed, the head of the electoral commission admits.
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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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BANGKOK, Jan. 31 -- The leader of Thailand's ruling military junta vowed Wednesday to hold democratic elections before the end of the year, saying the army would immediately hand over control to a civilian government following the inauguration of a new prime minister.
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Pakistan's Election Commission said on Tuesday a general election scheduled for January 8 would "in principle" be postponed but it had to consult political parties before announcing a new date.
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Thailand's revered king voices concern over a court ruling on whether the two main parties should be disbanded.