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You are here: Home / Archives for Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva

Thailand to gets its first female prime minister

July 9, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Todd Pitman The Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s military eased concerns of renewed turmoil last Monday by accepting the sweeping electoral win of toppled ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra’s party, while his sister vowed to reconcile the deeply divided nation as its first female prime minister. The election marked an extraordinary rebuke of the military-backed […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2011, Associated Press, Buranaj Smutharaks, Chart Pattana Puea Pandin, Chart Thai Pattana, Defense Minister Gen, Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, Giles Ji Ungpakorn, Grant Peck, Neighboring Cambodia, Palang Chon, Pheu Thai, Phnom Penh, Prawit Wongsuwon, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Sinfah Tunsarawuth, Vol 30 No 28 | July 9 - July 15

One year after protests, Thailand still divided, its people suffer most

May 28, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BANGKOK (AP) — Cradling a framed portrait of her slain daughter, Payao Akkhahad approached a soldier outside a barracks in this vast Asian metropolis

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, 2011, Asia, Brad Adams, FBI, Human Rights Watch, New York-based, Payao Akkhahad, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Red Shirts, Somchai Homlaor, Thailand, Vol 30 No 22 | May 28 - June 3, Wat Pathum Wanaram, culture, letter

Sea of protesters demands new elections in Thailand

March 18, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BANGKOK (AP) — As many as 100,000 people demonstrated peacefully against Thailand’s government at a rally last Sunday, but the capital was being kept on edge by their threat to continue protesting until Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva calls for new elections.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2010, Associated Press, Chao Phraya River, David Longstreath, Grant Peck, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Natthawut Saikua, Panithan Wattanayakorn, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Red Shirts, Thailand, Vol 29 No 12 | March 20 - March 26, attention

Thai riots halt after deaths; leaders face arrest

April 16, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Michael Casey The Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Leaders of demonstrations that plunged the Thai capital into chaos called off their protests on April 14 after rioting killed two and injured more than 120. Police issued warrants for 14 people, including the ousted prime minister at the heart of three years of turmoil.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: CNN, Government House, Jakrapob Penkair, New Year, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Sansern Kaewkamnerd, Siri Kadmai, Victory Monument

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