Thai Police: Red Shirts rally won’t turn to unrest

Intelligence reports confirmed that there is no sign of possible violence during the planned march in Bangkok by the red-shirt people group on Sunday, Special Branch commander Pol Lt Gen Trithos Ronritthiwichai said on Saturday. The red-shirt supporters of the United front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) will tomorrow hold a procession through areas in […]

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Police hunt Bangkok bomber

Bangkok: Three dead, nine injured in blast – Suspect believed to be Chiang Mai man Police are looking to question a Chiang Mai man following an explosion last night at a five-storey apartment in Nonthaburi which killed three people and injured nine others. A source at the Crime Suppression Division said Room 202 at Samarn […]

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Emergency decree extended in Thailand

Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — An emergency decree in Bangkok and three provinces has been extended, a Thai government spokesman said Tuesday. The decree allows authorities to detain suspects without formal charges up to 90 days. The emergency rule was imposed in April after anti-government protests crippled much of Thailand. The extension of the emergency rule […]

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Thai PM mulls early elections

The Thai prime minister says his government may hold early elections in 2011 if the country’s Red Shirt opposition movement does not stage more protests. “We believe that six more months of continued stability… should be able to set the scene for a possible early election next year,” he told the Council on Foreign Relations […]

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