Thai polls point to pro-Thaksin party victory
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The People Power Party (PPP), a vehicle for supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, won the most seats in Sunday's Thai election, two exit polls said.
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By Nopporn Wong-Anan BANGKOK  - Thailand's soothsayers, like most of its political analysts, reckon Sunday's general election will do little or nothing in the short term to resolve the country's deep divisions.
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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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BANGKOK , Thailand -- The generals billed it as a pro-democracy military coup, and although they had ousted one of the most popular prime ministers in Thailand's history, most commentators here yesterday tended to agree.
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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.
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Thais are set to head to the polls in the first general election since the overthrow of PM Thaksin Shinawatra.
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The People Power Party backing former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra won the most seats in Sunday's Thai election according to two exit polls, a likely cause of concern to the generals who ousted him in 2006.
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Thailand's parliament on Monday chose a combative, right-wing politician and close ally of ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra as the country's new prime minister
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Final opinion polls ahead of Indonesia's presidential election suggest Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will win.
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US Presidential election watchers gather a downtown Bangkok, Thailand, hotel Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2004, to view results. President George W. Bush and challenger US Sen. John Kerry were locked in a tight race as votes were counted across America.
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Thailand's political parties got down to hard bargaining on Monday after voters roundly rejected last year's military coup but failed to give supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra an outright majority.
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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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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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A party linked to former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra unveils a coalition with five smaller parties after elections.
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Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Tuesday he was confident the party he backed in weekend elections could form a coalition government, unless prevented unfairly, allowing him to return from exile.
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BANGKOK, Thailand  -- Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said Tuesday he is willing to return to Thailand and act as an adviser to allies leading the political party that won the country's first elections since his ouster in a 2006 military coup.
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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.