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Thai PM says he will step down if national stability at stake

Channel NewsAsia 28.04.2010
Thai PM says he will step down if national stability at stake

Thailand's embattled prime minister said he would step down if he believed he were an obstacle to his country's stability, in a BBC interview released on Tuesday.

Thai King to Supreme Court judges: "Do your duty"

His Majesty the King last night said public officials should be strongly determined to perform their duties to the best of their ability, to maintain peace in the country.

Red shirts block highways leading to Bangkok

Red-shirt demonstrators are blocking main roads heading to Bangkok in many provinces to intercept motorcades of soldiers and police travelling to the capital to conduct crowd dispersal at Ratchaprasong intersection, their main protest site.

PAD backs off from a rival rally to reds

Sirikul Bunnak and Anucha Charoenpo Bangkok Post 27.04.2010
Suriyasai Katasila

The anti-Thaksin People's Alliance for Democracy has decided against holding a mass rally despite the seven-day deadline it gave the government to deal with the red shirt protesters having elapsed.

Thai PM tells CNN he is seeking political resolution to opposition standoff

Thailand's prime minister said Monday that his government is working to achieve normalcy in the country amid massive opposition protests, but warned it will take "time, patience and cooperation" from all parties involved.

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Jointed police-army forces Monday broke a "red-shirts" blockade on Phaholyothin Road in Klong Luang district of Pathum Thani province bordering capital Bangkok.

Khon Kaen Red Shirts release train carrying solders, military equipment to Southern Thailand

Red-shirted anti-government protesters in the Thailand's northeastern province of Khon Kaen released a train transporting 80 soldiers, 23 military vehicles and military equipment to the country's south, after blocking the train for more than 24 hours.

US condemns violence in Thailand, urges restraint from both sides

The United States has condemned the deadly grenade attacks in Bangkok on Thursday night and called on all sides in Thailand to exercise restraint.

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Thousands of red-shirted anti-government protesters prevented nearly 300 soldiers in the northeastern Thai province of Khon Kaen on Wednesday from traveling to the country's deep south, fearing the troops were reinforcements for a crackdown on fellow protesters in Bangkok.


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