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  US urges new elections in Thailand

  08 May 2014 : WASHINGTON - The United States on Wednesday called for a "peaceful" resolution to political tensions in Thailand and new elections after the Constitutional Court dismissed the caretaker prime minister and nine ministers for abuse of power.
  
  
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  PM goes, impasse stays

  08 May 2014 : The charter court ruling which ousted Yingluck Shinawatra as caretaker prime minister may have averted violent confrontations between pro- and anti-government groups, but it has not broken the political deadlock as opponents of the government push forward with other legal challenges.
  

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• POLITICS

  PDRC monk coy over move to govt complex

  08 May 2014 : Anti-government protesters in the Chaeng Watthana area have yet to specify their new rally site after a meeting between Luang Pu Buddha Issara, the protest leader, and state officials failed to reach a conclusion.

• Cops launch Ko Tee radio station raid

  08 May 2014 : Police yesterday searched the community radio station belonging to red-shirt leader Wutthipong “Ko Tee” Kochthammakhun, seizing a rifle and some bullets.

• Academics welcome court decision

  08 May 2014 : Academics yesterday welcomed the Constitutional Court ruling which did not provoke the much-feared political vacuum while anti-government elements called on the remaining cabinet ministers to resign to avoid further complications.

• POLITICS

  OAG hits PM with B3.8bn election bill

  08 May 2014 : The Office of the Auditor-General (OAG) has sent a letter to former caretaker prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra asking her and her government to take responsibility for the 3.8-billion-baht costs incurred by the voided Feb 2 election, according to Isra News Agency (INA).

• PT slams court ruling ‘coup’

  08 May 2014 : The Pheu Thai Party has accused the Constitutional Court of being part of a "new form of coup" and setting a dangerous precedent which threatens to derail democracy.

• Cabinet must quit, say Dems

  08 May 2014 : The Democrat Party has called on former caretaker premier Yingluck Shinawatra to ask her entire cabinet to step down to show they also accept responsibility following the Constitutional Court ruling against her yesterday.

• PDRC mass rally changed to May 9

  07 May 2014 : The People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) leader has changed the date of the “final all-out battle” against the government and the so-called Thaksin regime from May 14 to May 9 at Lumpini Park starting 9.09am.

• 'Ko Tee' declares war

  07 May 2014 : Lese majeste fugitive Wutthipong “Ko Tee” Kochthammakhun - the hard-core Pathum Thani red shirt - has called on his "red guard army" and red shirts to wage a war against opposition groups in the wake of the Constitutional Court’s ruling to remove Yingluck Shinawatra from office.

• Reds vow to retake Chaeng Watthana

  07 May 2014 : A pro-government red-shirt group said on Wednesday it will mobilise supporters to go to Chaeng Watthana Road Thursday to reclaim a blockaded section from anti-government protesters.
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  Yingluck insists she's innocent

  07 May 2014 : Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra has denied she did anything wrong after the Constitutional Court ruled to remove her from office for abuse of authority.