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  Government House new PDRC 'base'

  10 May 2014 : Anti-government protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban has been allowed to use a building at Government House as a command centre for the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC).
  
  
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  Jatuporn: Suthep proposal 'unlawful'

  10 May 2014 : Any attempt by the Supreme Court and the Senate to discuss "unlawful" demands for an interim government could steer Thailand toward a civil war, says the head of the red-shirt movement.
  

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  Senate speaker election challenged

  10 May 2014 : The acting caretaker prime minister will seek the Council of State's counsel on the election of the Senate speaker.
  
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  Abhisit: Election not the solution

  10 May 2014 : Political problems will persist even if a new election is held successfully, which is why national reform is needed first, says Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva.
  
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  Democrats: Time to dissolve biased Capo

  10 May 2014 : The caretaker government's Centre for the Administration of Peace and Order (Capo) should be dissolved and the job of ensuring public safety handed to impartial bodies, says the Democrat Party.

• Speaker election may need court rulling

  10 May 2014 : Former Senate speaker Nikom Wairatpanich has advised the acting caretaker government ask the Constitutional Court to decide whether the Senate speaker election on Friday is legitimate.

• 'Man of State' turns to commanders

  10 May 2014 : The Man of State group will push its agenda of seeking His Majesty the King's discretion in ending the political crisis through armed forces commanders after the Privy Council president was cool to its appeal.
  
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  Prayuth: Coup no solution

  10 May 2014 : A military coup would not end the current political problems, and people should understand soldiers better than to expect such a development, says Army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha.
  
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  New speaker vague about next move

  10 May 2014 : Senate speaker-elect Surachai Liangboonlertchai is non-committal on what the Senate would do to ease the political conflict.
  
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  Protest 'monk' falls sick

  10 May 2014 : Luang Pu Buddha Issara, an anti-government protest leader and senior monk, has fallen ill after police fired tear gas and water cannons at him and a group of protesters outside the Police Club on Friday, according to a message posted on Luang Pu's Facebook page.
  
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  Pol Gen Pracha rushed to hospital

  10 May 2014 : Former deputy prime minister Pracha Promnok was admitted to Bangkok Phuket hospital on Friday night after falling unconscious in his yacht near Naka island in Phuket province.

• 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.