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  Rounding up every supporter

  05 Apr 2014 : The chairman of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship, Jatuporn Prompan, has pledged to mobilise 500,000 red-shirt supporters for the UDD’s rally today.
  

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  Bias claims rile Prayuth

  05 Apr 2014 : Army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha has been angered by accusations on ASTV and in social media that he has taken sides with the Shinawatra family.
  

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  Pheu Thai issues warning to court

  05 Apr 2014 : Pheu Thai has alleged the charter court’s acceptance of a case involving whether Yingluck Shinawatra should be ejected from office is instrumental in a plan to install an unelected premier.

• Attack hurts PM whistler

  05 Apr 2014 : An anti-government protester who grabbed headlines for blowing a whistle at caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra during her visit to Khao Kho district in Phetchabun last year was slightly injured in a gun attack yesterday.

• Senators-elect face delay taking office

  04 Apr 2014 : A new group of senators-elect is unlikely to take office until May 2 due to a legal technicality, according to a highly placed source on the Election Commission (EC).
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  Reds mass in display of strength

  04 Apr 2014 : The United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) begins a three-day rally Saturday that is billed as a show of strength in light of moves by independent agencies which threaten to strip Yingluck Shinawatra of her caretaker prime ministerial post.
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  Chalerm: No foreigners at UDD rally

  04 Apr 2014 : Rumours that immigrant workers were being enlisted to join the red-shirt rally on Saturday to swell numbers were groundless, caretaker Labour Minister Chalerm Yubamrung said on Friday.
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  Court lifts warrants on 18 protest chiefs

  04 Apr 2014 : The Criminal Court yesterday ordered the revocation of arrest warrants against 18 leaders of the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) and anti-government alliance groups.

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  Ko Tee denies hand in shooting

  04 Apr 2014 : Red-shirt leader Wuthipong Kachathamkul has denied any involvement in a gun attack on a convoy of anti-government protesters on Tuesday in which a protester guard was killed.
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  Army readies troops over rally threats

  04 Apr 2014 : The army is preparing to deploy 58 companies of troops if needed to counter protest threats in coming days.

• Govt vows fight over ‘neutral’ PM

  04 Apr 2014 : The government will raise legal challenges to any attempt to cite Section 7 of the charter to appoint a "neutral" prime minister should the Constitutional Court rule that Yingluck Shinawatra has to leave her caretaker prime minister post, key Pheu Thai Party figures say.