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Activists reverse, oppose return of Thaksin
-Bangkok Post
The group that staged huge street demonstrations before the military stepped in and overthrew Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra resurrected itself on Monday and threatened to start the protests again. The People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) suddenly on Monday morning turned against the return to Thailand by Mr Thaksin for [...]

Ex-US ambassador to Thailand appointed Boeing chief
The Boeing Company named on Wednesday Ralph “Skip” Boyce, ex-US Ambassador to Thailand, president of Boeing Southeast Asia.
Boyce will be based in Singapore and report to Shep Hill, president, Boeing International, said the company’s statement.
Boyce, 56, succeeds two retiring Boeing leaders: Douglas Miller, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems vice president [...]

PPP Thailand | Who’s who in Samak Cabinet?
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Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej finally gets his 35 Cabinet members. Amid criticism over their ability to be playing key roles in the new administration, they are captured into three categories displaying their origins.
The first group is made up of nominees of the 111 banned Thai Rak Thai Party [...]

US Senate Passes Spy Bill | UPDATE 1-US Senate passes spy bill, phone immunity
U.S. phone companies that took part in President George W. Bush’s warrantless domestic spying program would receive retroactive immunity from lawsuits under a bill approved on Tuesday by the Democratic-led Senate.

Thaksin wants more power in neww PPP government | Samak clash over Cabinet
PM keen to chart own course, angering ‘boss’ to return to UK
Cracks have begun to appear in the relationship between Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej and Thaksin Shinawatra, as Samak wants to have a bigger say in forming the Cabinet and hang on to [...]

Asian investors on buying spree, markets soar
Tokyo (dpa) - Asia’s primary stock indices surged Monday, feeding on merger news, a strong performance on Wall Street and one another’s gains.
The biggest jumps were seen in China, whose main indices saw leaps of roughly 8 per cent as the government approved two new mutual funds, ending a [...]

Thaksins lawyer likely to be foreign minister
Final changes in the cabinet list for the new government have been made and it is expected they will be forwarded to His Majesty the King for approval in the next couple of days, deputy secretary-general of People Power party Noppadon Pattama said Thursday.
Mr Noppadon, who is also legal [...]

Thailand Democrats pledge support for populist agenda
Thailand Opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva said today his Democrat Party was ready to give guarded support to plans by the new Thailand coalition government to resume the populist programmes of the former Thaksin Shinawatra government.
He said he agreed in general that such policies could help improve the economy within [...]