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•  Prem stays out of politics, aide says

  10 May 2014 : Privy Council president Gen Prem Tinsulanonda is not involved in the current political standoff in any way, according to his close military aide Lt Gen Phitsanu Phutthawong.
  
  
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  Surachai to head Senate

  10 May 2014 : Deputy Senate Speaker Surachai Liangboonlertchai was elected as the new Senate speaker in the Upper House session yesterday.
  

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• Supachai signals polling delay if strife continues

  10 May 2014 : The general election tentatively planned for July 20 may have to be postponed if political tensions escalate, Election Commission (EC) chairman Supachai Somcharoen warned yesterday.
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  Strategic retreat

  10 May 2014 : After five months of occupying a strip of the street in front of the Interior Ministry and making the compound off limits to its officials, a group of protesters under the Labour Solidarity Committee and State Enterprises Workers Relations Confederation left last weekend for Lumpini Park, the anti-government protest stronghold.
  
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  Groups slam PDRC media 'bullying'

  10 May 2014 : Media and human rights groups have called on the anti-government People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) to immediately cease intimidating the media.

• Six hurt as tear gas, water cannon target Capo protest

  10 May 2014 : Six anti-government protesters required hospital treatment for tear gas exposure on Friday after police attempted to disperse demonstrators led by Luang Pu Buddha Isara from outside the Centre for the Administration of Peace and Order (Capo) headquarters on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road.
  
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  UDD hopes for peaceful rally

  10 May 2014 : The United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) has urged red-shirt members and their allies to try to avoid actions that might trigger a coup and spoil its plan to hold a mass rally starting Saturday.

• PDRC issues new Thaksin ultimatum

  10 May 2014 : People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) leader Suthep Thaugsuban appealed to the country’s “senior figures” to work together to rid Thailand of the so-called Thaksin regime within three days.
  
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  All eyes on army as crisis peaks

  10 May 2014 : Suthep Thaugsuban’s move on Friday to mobilise anti-government protesters across the city is aimed at reinforcing his message that the caretaker government is inept and lacks legitimacy following the political blows it received this week.
  
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  Surachai new Senate speaker

  09 May 2014 : The Senate on Friday night elected Surachai Liangboonlertchai as its new speaker.
  
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  Red-shirt leaders prescribe restraint

  09 May 2014 : Red-shirt pro-government leaders have urged their supporters to remain calm in the wake of what they view as provocation by the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC).
  
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  Media groups decry PDRC threats

  09 May 2014 : Media organisations have condemned the threat by anti-government protesters to blockade five television stations and force them to stop carrying news about the government.