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  Poll: Election won't be smooth

  04 May 2014 : A majority of people believe the election tentatively scheduled to be held on July 20 will not run smoothly, according to an opinion poll conducted by the National Institute of Development Administration (Nida).
  
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  Village headmen, kamnans rally

  04 May 2014 : A group of village headmen and sub-district chiefs (kamnans) from around the country demonstrated in front of the Ministry of Interior Sunday morning as part of a plan to retake the complex from anti-government protesters, reports said.
  

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• Poll could again be "waste of money"

  04 May 2014 : A majority of people fear a new election could again be another waste of money, according to the result of a Suan Dusit Poll survey published on Sunday.

• PDRC to hand back ministry

  04 May 2014 : The People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) agreed yesterday to end its occupation of the Interior Ministry to avoid a possible confrontation with local officials threatening to retake it today.
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  Suthep leads rally recruitment drive

  04 May 2014 : Suthep Thaugsuban yesterday invited people in the Ramkhamhaeng area to don yellow shirts and head to Sanam Luang tomorrow for a warm-up gathering ahead of the "final battle" against the caretaker government.

• Farmers despair of ever being paid for rice

  04 May 2014 : Farmers say they are giving up hope of ever receiving long-overdue payments from the government's rice-pledging scheme.
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  Abhisit’s reform plan falls flat

  04 May 2014 : Key government figures have flatly rejected a much-touted proposal by Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva to end the political impasse.
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  Coronation wellwishers must ‘stay mum on politics’

  04 May 2014 : PRACHAUP KHIRI KHAN - Authorities have asked the public to refrain from making political statements when they join celebrations for His Majesty the King on Coronation Day tomorrow.
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  Protesters abandon Interior Ministry

  03 May 2014 : Anti-government demonstrators have decided to end their occupation of the Interior Ministry amid concern about a possible confrontation with local officials.
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  NSPRT, EC cool to Abhisit plan

  03 May 2014 : The Network of Students and People for Reform of Thailand (NSPRT) poured scorn on a national reform proposal unveiled by Abhisit Vejjajiva on Saturday.
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  Cancer kills former Kanchanaburi MP

  03 May 2014 : Pinij Chansomboon, a four-time former MP for Kanchanaburi, died of gastric cancer on Saturday at Paholpolpayuhasena Hospital in Kanchanaburi. He was 59.
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  Chaturon slams Abhisit proposal

  03 May 2014 : Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva's proposal for national reform is dictatorial, according to Chaturon Chaisaeng, a senior member of the governing Pheu Thai Party.