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Thaksin: Thais happier before coup Bangkok Post 19.09.2009 | Thaksin Red Shirt Supporters Preparing For Saturday's Rally Bernama 17.09.2009 |
 Thailand is moving backward and Thai people are less happy since the coup in Sept 19, 2006, ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said during the phone-in address to his red-shirt supporters during the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) rally on Saturday evening. |  The Red Shirt supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra want to mark on Saturday the third anniversary of the coup that ousted him, but their leaders are not discounting the possibility of another military takeover in Thailand. |
Thai government accused of negligence over Preah Vihear dispute MCOT 16.09.2009 | Asia Foundation's Survey of the Thai People Gauges Attitudes toward Constitution, Reform, and Democracy The Asia Foundation 16.09.2009 |
 An activist on Wednesday petitioned the anti-graft agency accusing both the previous and the present governments of negligence of duty for allowing foreign intrusion to occur in the disputed area near the ancient Preah Vihear temple. |  Thailand continues to struggle for political stability three years after the Sept. 2006 coup. Contentious factions have organized numerous protests and counter-protests, some leading to violence, and even derailing a high-profile summit of Asian leaders. Calls for constitutional reforms have competed with demands for recovery from the global economic crisis. |
No condition for military coup in Thailand: former Council for National Security officialSun Yunlong Xinhua 16.09.2009 | |
 There is no condition that will lead to a military coup, General Somjet Boonthanom, a former secretary-general of the Council for National Security (CNS), said on Wednesday. |  Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Tuesday that he had assigned Minister of Foreign Affairs Kasit Piromya to meet with the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) and local residents to understand the government's stance to use peaceful means to resolve border disputes between Thailand and Cambodia. |
UN: No plans to set up office in Southern Thailand Bangkok Post 15.09.2009 | Amcham Thailand members concerned with government stability The Nation 14.09.2009 |
 The United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) Thailand said in an email on Tuesday that it has no intention to set up an office in the far South. |  Seventy four per cent of respondents to American Chamber of Commerce in Thailand's survey highlighted the stability of the government and political system as their top concern (74 per cent). Dissatisfaction with corruption (70 per cent) and laws and regulations (51 per cent) were the other two top concerns. |
Thai Foreign Minister visits area near Preah Vihear templeXiong Tong Xinhua 14.09.2009 | General resigns from Royal Thai Police board Bangkok Post 14.09.2009 |
 Thailand's Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya Sunday visited the area near Preah Vihear Temple during which he was welcomed by Cambodia's military leaders and both sides agreed to avoid more clashes, an official said on Monday. |  Pol Gen Suthep Thammarak, a specialist in planning and management, has resigned from the 11-member board of the Royal Thai Police Office, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva confirmed on Monday. |
National police chief to be picked Wednesday Bangkok Post 14.09.2009 | Thailand Church fights to keep centers for migrant kids open UCAN 12.09.2009 |
 The board of the Royal Thai Police Office will hold a meeting on Wednesday, Sept 16, to pick the new police chief to replace Pol Gen Patcharawat Wongsuwon, said acting government spokesman Panithan Wattanayakorn. |  BANGKOK (UCAN) -- Church workers serving migrant children from Myanmar in a southern province are opposing government plans to close down their centers. |
Anti-government protesters undertaken first training programme MCOT 12.09.2009 | MP questions delay in appointing Mechai as Sufficiency Community Project chairman The Nation 12.09.2009 |
 About 1,000 anti-government activists of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) Saturday attended their first training programme organised to make Thailand more democratic. |  Pheu Thai MP Anudit Nakornthap yesterday questioned why Mechai Viravaidya has not yet been appointed as chairman of the Sufficiency Community Project. |
New police chief selection next Friday Bangkok Post 12.09.2009 | Thai PM's motorcade pelted with fermented fish, bottles, sandals in Lop Buri The Nation 12.09.2009 |
 Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva will call a meeting of police board to select the new police chief next Friday, Sep 18, a source at Government House said on Saturday. |  The motorcade of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva was pelted with bags of fermented fish, water bottles and sandals when it was leaving the a municipality office Saturday morning. |
PM to hold video conference from the USPiyanart Srivalo The Nation 11.09.2009 | Thailand's military reshuffle conductedLin Zhi Xinhua 11.09.2009 |
 Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva will keep a tab on events at home via satellite-linked live broadcasts and teleconferences from New York when he attends the United Nations General Assembly later this month. |  General Prayuth Chan-ocha has emerged as the heir apparent to succeed Thailand's army chief Ben. Anupong Paochinda after a release of a royal command for military reshuffle involving 568 generals on Thursday. |
Thailand to repatriate remaining Hmong to Laos by year end MCOT 11.09.2009 | |
 Thailand affirmed Friday that it will repatriate the remaining 4,000 ethnic Hmong back to the neighbouring Lao PDR by the end of this year. | |
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