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News Source: BBC
| 11 months ago
In fact, PAD organisers told the BBC they had carefully planned the seizure of the airport weeks before...They have proved no match for this determined and organised movement. They are poorly trained in riot control, and lack the status of the army.
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News Source: Epoch Times
| 11 months ago
Thailand’s besieged Prime Mister was dismissed by the country's Constitutional Court on Tuesday, ending months of crippling anti-government protests that saw both Bangkok airports closed after being heavily occupied by protesters.
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News Source: Voice of America
| 11 months ago
Anti-government protesters in Thailand have ended their siege of the country's international airport, following the dissolution of Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat's government. Members of the People's Alliance for Democracy packed up their...
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News Source: The independent
| 11 months ago
Tomorrow, if all goes to plan, flights from Bangkok's main international airport will resume, after Thai anti-government protesters agreed to end their occupation, allowing thousands of stranded tourists to leave. The unrest has left thousands of...
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News Source: The Hindu
| 11 months ago
Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday unseated politically beleaguered Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat by ordering that his People’s Power Party be disbanded for electoral fraud. Mr. Somchai stands disqualified for elective office for five...
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News Source: Times Online
| 11 months ago
On the face of it, and certainly to the quarter of a million foreign tourists stranded for the past week in hotels and departure lounges, it seems a merciful resolution to an absurd situation. Last night, after the Thai Prime Minister was forced from...
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News Source: Asian Age
| 11 months ago
Thailandâs Prime Minister resigned on Tuesday after weeks of protests that paralysed his government and closed the capitalâs airports. Cargo flights resumed and protesters promised to lift their siege by Wednesday. The resignation of Prime...
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News Source: The Economist
| 11 months ago
From Economist.com The prime minister of Thailand resigns, in a victory for opposition protesters IN THE end it was Thailand’s Constitutional Court that sent the prime minister packing. Somchai Wongsawat resigned on Tuesday December 2nd after his...
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News Source: Christian Science Monitor
| 11 months ago
Thailand's constitutional court on Tuesday disbanded the ruling People Power Party (PPP) and two of its coalition partners for electoral fraud. The parties' leaders, including Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat, have been banned from politics for five...
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News Source: Times Online
| 11 months ago
Anti-government militants at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport were exultant today following news of the Thai government's ousting...Vudhibhandhu Vichairatana, chairman of the board of directors of the Airports of Thailand, visited Suvarnabhumi today...