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  Abhisit unfazed by Suthep snub

  26 Apr 2014 : Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva says he is hopeful anti-government protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban will support his plan to break the political deadlock after the pair hold talks.
  

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  Rally guards hurt top soldier

  26 Apr 2014 : A senior military officer attached to the Supreme Command was injured early yesterday in an attack by anti-government protest guards on Chaeng Watthana Road.
  

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• Village heads unite to put stop to rallies

  26 Apr 2014 : The association of kamnans and village heads of Thailand has called on anti-government protesters to terminate their five-month blockade at the Interior Ministry to allow officials to resume work.

• Police hunt three suspects in red-shirt poet shooting

  26 Apr 2014 : The murder of a renowned red-shirt poet in Lat Phrao district on Wednesday was a well-planned attack carried out by at least three perpetrators, police said yesterday.
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  Intrigue as tensions rise

  26 Apr 2014 : The political mercury is reaching boiling point and the anti-government protesters are to blame for creating a black hole in national administration, Chalerm Yubamrung, director of the Centre for Administration of Peace and Order (Capo), says.
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  Kasem: Thailand 'mired in darkness'

  26 Apr 2014 : Thailand has been mired in "a decade of darkness" resulting from the politics of populism and graft, Privy Councillor Kasem Watthanachai told a seminar yesterday.
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  Yingluck agrees to talks with Abhisit

  25 Apr 2014 : Abhisit Vejjajiva's offer to help find ways to end the political crisis received a boost on Friday, with caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra agreeing to talks with the Democrat Party leader.

• Govt wants more troops in Bangkok

  25 Apr 2014 : The government is to ask the army to deploy more troops in Bangkok as fears mount that the country's lengthy political crisis could move into a more violent phase.
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  Grenade hits Daily News newspaper

  25 Apr 2014 : An M79 grenade was fired into the compound of the Daily News newspaper on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road about 9pm yesterday. No injuries were reported.

• Top brass back polls

  25 Apr 2014 : The armed forces agree with embattled caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra that a new election is needed to return the country to normalcy provided the Election Commission can ensure a trouble-free poll.
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  Yingluck frets over Thawil case court ruling

  25 Apr 2014 : Caretaker premier Yingluck Shinawatra admitted Thursday she was worried about a looming charter court ruling in the Thawil Pliensri transfer case that could threaten her future as prime minister and that of the entire cabinet.
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  UNREST

  Slain red-shirt poet mourned

  25 Apr 2014 : Hundreds of red shirts on Thursday mourned the loss of a renowned pro-government poet and demanded police bring his assailants to justice as quickly as possible.