Thaksin ally elected as Thai PM
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Thai lawmakers choose Samak Sundaravej, ally of ousted leader Thaksin Shinawatra, as the new prime minister.
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HONG KONG At the beginning of this year, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra of Thailand was being touted as the new informal leader of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
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BANGKOK, Dec. 24 -- The Thai political party allied with deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said Monday that it has recruited enough other parties to form a coalition government following its success in the country's first election since a 2006 coup.
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BANGKOK, Thailand -- The Thai military launched a coup against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Tuesday night, circling his offices with tanks, seizing control of TV stations and declaring a provisional authority pledging loyalty to the king.
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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has won a landslide general election victory,  exit polls say.
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Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra  became Thailand's first two-time elected leader on Monday,  marking a new era of stable government after a crushing  election victory that proved the power of mass market populism.
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The leader of the main Thai opposition steps down, following a landslide win for PM Thaksin Shinawatra.
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Thailand's crown prince on Monday opened the country's first elected parliament since a coup 16 months ago, with allies of deposed premier Thaksin Shinawatra back in charge under the People Power Party.
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Thailand's main opposition Democrat Party conceded defeat in Sunday's general election, saying Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra had won enough support to form a one-party government. "I would like to congratulate Thai Rak Thai for achieving its goal of being a single-party government," Democrat leader Banyat Bantadtan told reporters after exit polls showed Thaksin's party was likely to win 399 of the 500 seats in parliament.
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Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was  set Monday to head Thailand's first single-party government  following a big election win that was widely expected but was  turning out to be more one-sided than forecast.
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Military-backed government of Thailand obtains second arrest warrant for ousted prime minister.
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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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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's Thai Rak Thai party is likely to win 399 out of 500 seats in parliament, a Thai television exit poll said on Sunday minutes after voting for a general election finished.
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Thais voted on Sunday in a post-coup general election that supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra sought to turn into a referendum on his return from exile.
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Thailand's revered king offered support Monday for the country's post-coup government, using his annual birthday speech to deliver a veiled criticism of the country's deposed prime minister.
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On Sunday, supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra are expected to win a majority in the first parliamentary elections since last September's military coup.
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Thailand's parliament convenes Monday after a nearly two-year absence, restoring democracy after a military coup ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and returning many of his allies to politics.