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  • PT turns up heat on Abhisit

    18 May 2013 : The Pheu Thai Party has repeated its call for Democrat leader Abhisit Vejjajiva to take responsibility for the violent end to the red-shirt protests in 2010.

  • Prayuth's job safe, PT insists

    18 May 2013 : The Pheu Thai Party has rebutted reports that army commander Prayuth Chan-ocha could be transferred during the coming military reshuffle season.

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  • POLITICS

    Karun's classroom clash makes online waves

    13 May 2013 : A video clip showing banned Pheu Thai MP Karun Hosakul in a heated exchange with his Democrat Party rival Tankhun Jitt-itsara has been posted online.

  • 2010 VIOLENCE

    Northern red shirts to mark May 19 clash

    13 May 2013 : Groups of red shirts from all 17 northern provinces have announced a plan to gather in Bangkok on Sunday to commemorate the clashes between red shirts and security forces at the Ratchaprasong intersection three years ago.

  • POLITICS

    Dems back 2007 charter

    13 May 2013 : The Democrat Party yesterday countered deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's criticism of the 2007 charter, saying the country's problems did not lie with its constitution.

  • Inmate killed in botched escape

    12 May 2013 : An inmate was killed and a warder injured during an attempted breakout by five prisoners at the Thung Song district prison in Nakhon Si Thammarat province on Sunday.

  • Northern reds to remember May 19

    12 May 2013 : Red-shirts from 17 provinces in the North on Sunday announced they would join their colleagues in Bangkok to mark the third anniversary of the Bangkok clashes on May 19, 2010.

  • Sukumpol: No transfer of army chief

    12 May 2013 : Defence Minister Sukumpol Suwanatat on Sunday denied a rumour that army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha would be transferred, saying the government and the armed forces still enjoy strong ties.

  • Karun-Tankhun confrontation (video)

    12 May 2013 : A video clip of former Pheu Thai MP Karun Hosakul exchanging heated words with his former election rival Tankhun Jitt-itsara of the opposition Democrat Party has gone viral.

  • BoT to consider interest rate cut

    12 May 2013 : The central bank would consider reducing its policy interest rate if first-quarter economic data supports such a move, Bank of Thailand governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul said Saturday.

  • Pheu Thai says cabinet reshuffle rumours baseless

    12 May 2013 : Pheu Thai deputy spokesman Anusorn Iamsa-ard yesterday dismissed as blatant speculation reports of a cabinet reshuffle, saying the sources of the information were questionable and were politically motivated.

  • Noppadon blasts Democrat letter 'untruths'

    11 May 2013 : The Democrat Party's letter distributed to the international community to counter Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's Mongolia speech contains several "unsubstantiated claims and false accusations", says Noppadon Pattama, legal adviser to Thaksin Shinawatra.

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