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May 14th, 2006 by admin

Thai courts and election officials are to begin planning new elections this week, but analysts warn an end to months of turmoil could still be a long time coming.
The process is already off to a bumpy start, less than a week after the Constitutional Court invalidated last month’s snap polls that left the country without [...]

May 14th, 2006 by admin

Thai courts and election officials are to begin planning new elections this week, but analysts warn an end to months of turmoil could still be a long time coming.
The process is already off to a bumpy start, less than a week after the Constitutional Court invalidated last month’s snap polls that left the country without [...]

May 3rd, 2006 by admin

Thousands of protesters have gathered in a Bangkok park to call for an end to Thailand’s political crisis.
Thailand’s king last week ordered the courts to resolve the crisis after snap polls in April designed to give prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra a mandate to rule, were boycotted by the opposition.
The boycott left 40 parliamentary seats empty, [...]

May 3rd, 2006 by admin

This advice has been reviewed and reissued with amendments to the Summary, Crime and Natural Disasters section. The overall level of the advice has not changed.
We advise against all but essential travel to, or through, the far southern provinces of Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat and Songkhla, where there is continuing violence due to insurgency and civil [...]

May 3rd, 2006 by admin

This advice has been reviewed and reissued with amendments to the Summary, Crime and Natural Disasters section. The overall level of the advice has not changed.
We advise against all but essential travel to, or through, the far southern provinces of Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat and Songkhla, where there is continuing violence due to insurgency and civil [...]