Thailand PM pelted with shoes

Thailand's prime minister Somchai Wongsawat was pelted with shoes and plastic bottles. Throwing shoes is particularly insulting in Thai culture, which considers feet the dirtiest part of the body. Mr Somchai is a...

Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat Refuses to Stand Down

THAI Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat, subject of mass protests by the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) has today refused to stand down.  Thailand's army commander suggested the prime minister stand...

Thailand seven protest PAD leaders surrender

" Leaders of Thailand's anti-government movement have surrendered to police, vowing to hold further rallies despite the threat of prosecution. The seven senior members of the People's Alliance for...

All Quiet on the Bangkok Front as Unpopular Prime Minister Somchai Wangsawat ...

AFTER a day of bloody rioting in Bangkok which left two dead and over 400 injured, with troops in riot gear lobbing tear gas at demonstrators representing the PAD (people's Alliance for Democracy) the town has quietened down tonight, although the situation remains...

Thai Protesters Trap Legislators

After a period of calm, events in Thailand are heating up again, with protestors renewing their push to unseat the government."Thousands of anti-government protesters surrounded Parliament on Tuesday, trapping...

Thaksin's Brother-in-Law Elected as New Thai Prime Minister

After weeks of turmoil Thailand lawmakers have finally elected a new Prime Minister and deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra had managed to retain his control. He had managed to get Somchai Wongsawat  his brother-in-law elected as new Prime Minister of Thiland....

Thailand lifts emergency

After several thousand anti-government protestors from the People's Alliance for Democracy besieged the grounds of Government House — the prime minister's office demanding his resignation in Thailand. The...

Boat accident near Bangkok kills one Indonesian

""The captain tried to take the boat to the shore but the water leaked into the boat too quick, so it capsized before the boat reached the shore," he said. Somchai said that the bodies of a Indonesian man and a Thai man and woman had been found, while dozens were injured in...

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