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News Source: CCTV
| about 1 year ago
In Thailand, over 2-thousand anti-government protesters held a peaceful demonstration in Bangkok's shopping district on Thursday. They are demanding the government's resignation after bloody clashes between police and protesters earlier this week.
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News Source: France 24
| about 1 year ago
Leaders of a long-running protest in Thailand surrendered to police on Friday on charges of inciting unrest, but are expected to win bail immediately and continue their five-month campaign to unseat the government. The Court of Appeals quashed...
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News Source: Androscoggin News
| about 1 year ago
Thailand's mounting protests have handed themselves in to police on charges related to their months-long campaign to overthrow the government. At least four of the seven protest leaders with outstanding arrest warrants on charges of inciting unrest...
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News Source: Androscoggin News
| about 1 year ago
The Court of Appeal yesterday revoked three serious charges, including insurrection, against the People's Alliance for Democracy's nine core leaders, giving the group a huge morale boost. The nine are expected to turn themselves in to fight lesser...
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News Source: Androscoggin News
| about 1 year ago
Former deputy prime minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh says a coup d'etat is the only way to resolve the political strife. In an exclusive interview with the Bangkok Post yesterday, Gen Chavalit said the answer lies with army chief Gen Anupong Paojinda,...
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News Source: Androscoggin News
| about 1 year ago
The government-sanctioned crackdown by police on protesters in front of Parliament on Tuesday has pushed the political conflict further towards a dead end. Reports that some elements within the military were calling for army chief Gen Anupong...
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News Source: Androscoggin News
| about 1 year ago
rime Minister Somchai Wongsawat yesterday ordered two committees be established to investigate Tuesday's bloody clashes between police and People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) demonstrators. "The committees' works should clear up any lingering...
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News Source: The Economist
| about 1 year ago
From The Economist print edition But the security forces still waver over dealing with anti-government protesters IT HAS seemed likely, especially since it seized Government House in Bangkok two months ago, that the anti-government People’s...
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News Source: Washington Post
| about 1 year ago
The protesters, from the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), were picketing parliament in an attempt to prevent Somchai from presenting his address to the opening session. On the surface, the protest was part of the group's attempts to force...
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News Source: Voice of America
| about 1 year ago
Thailand's Court of Appeals has dismissed treason charges against nine leaders of an anti-government protest group which has occupied the government's main complex for nearly two months. The court threw out arrest warrants for the leaders Thursday,...