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• Police short of attack clues

  16 May 2014 : Police say they are still in the dark over who attacked anti-government People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) protesters on Ratchadamnoen Avenue early Thursday.
  

• Capo gears for mass arrests

  16 May 2014 : Efforts to arrest the 30 anti-government protest leaders facing fresh warrants will start in the next few days, says the Centre for the Administration of Peace and Order (Capo).
  

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• Section 7 still last resort: Meechai

  16 May 2014 : Section 7 of the constitution does not directly authorise the appointment of an interim prime minister, but can be applied to fix problems which if no other provisions in the constitution can, says legal expert Meechai Ruchupan.

• Uni heads call for temporary govt

  16 May 2014 : An interim government is needed urgently, says the Council of the University Presidents of Thailand (Cupt).

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  Senate wins interim PM bid backing

  16 May 2014 : Senior bureaucrats and military officers appear to have endorsed Senate efforts to appoint an interim prime minister, according to a senator.
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  Protesters throw poll plans into chaos

  16 May 2014 : Anti-government protesters forced an abrupt end to a meeting between the Election Commission (EC) and the caretaker government Thursday, throwing plans for a July 20 election into disarray.
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  Army chief threatens ‘full force’

  16 May 2014 : Army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha has threatened to use "full force" to deal with any future political violence in the wake of deadly attacks on protest sites Thursday.
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  Niwattumrong to meet Senate panel

  15 May 2014 : Acting caretaker Prime Minister Niwattumrong Boonsongpaisan has agreed to talks with the Senate's working panel to find ways to end the political crisis, appointed Senator Somchai Sawaengkan revealed late on Thursday evening.
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  Army chief warns of military intervention

  15 May 2014 : Army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha on Thursday issued a strongly worded condemnation of the fresh violence and warned that the army will take action if it continues.
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  Election postponement likely

  15 May 2014 : The general election might be postponed by a week from July 20 because of the protest by the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), Varathep Rattanakorn, caretaker PM’s Office Minister, said on Thursday.

• Red offers B1m for Suthep's arrest

  15 May 2014 : A red-shirt leader in Lampang said on Thursday he will pay one million baht to the police Arintharat Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit if they arrest anti-government protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban.
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  Wanted PDRC academic surrenders

  15 May 2014 : Former senator and academic Jermsak Pinthong, one of 30 People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) leaders subject to active arrest warrants, reported to the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) on Thursday to acknowledge charges against him.