Thai PM 'overthrown in army coup'
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A faction of the Thai military led by the army chief says it has overthrown Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
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Thailand's ruling junta will remain in place after a civilian prime minister takes office to keep a tight check on the new government, the general who led last week's coup has told AFP.
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Leading international figures react to the announcement by the Thai military that they have overthrown Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
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BANGKOK, Thailand  - Myanmar's secretive military regime has forced out its prime minister, the long-powerful Gen. Khin Nyunt, and placed him under house arrest on corruption charges, the leader of neighbouring Thailand said Tuesday.
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Thailand's national chief of police is sacked by the military-installed government, officials say.
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Thailand's government says  Burma's PM Khin Nyunt has been accused of corruption and removed from office.
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The Thai armed forces seized power   without firing a shot, dismissed Prime Minister Thaksin   Shinawatra's government, revoked the constitution and promised   a swift return to democracy after political reforms.
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Myanmar's prime minister has been  ousted and put under house arrest after a lengthy power  struggle that has tightened the grip of hard-liners in the  military government, Thai officials and diplomats said on  Tuesday.
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Thailand's new civilian prime minister will have a free hand in running the country, its military leader said on Friday, trying to ease fears about the army casting its shadow over a return to democracy and beyond.
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Thailand made an uneasy return to democracy Wednesday with the swearing-in of a Cabinet dominated by loyalists to the prime minister ousted 19 months ago in a military coup.
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Myanmar's prime minister has been  ousted and put under house arrest after a lengthy power  struggle in which hard-liners in the military government appear  to have come out on top, Thai officials and diplomats said on  Tuesday.
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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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BANGKOK, Sept. 20 -- Thai army leaders deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, a longtime ally of President Bush, using tanks and soldiers to seize the capital Tuesday night without firing a shot. The coup was the first in 15 years in a country where many people believed that military seizures...
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Thailand's military rulers said Thursday they had chosen a prime minister for an interim government to be installed in a few days, but would not confirm that it was the front-running candidate, a former army commander.
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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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The leaders of Thailand's military coup discuss the appointment of a new civilian prime minister.
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Thailand's parliament elected pugnacious right-winger Samak Sundaravej prime minister on Monday as the country returns to representative, civilian government after a bloodless September 2006 coup.