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Red Shirt TV to Remain on the Air
The Thai government will not close the red-shirts’ People’s Channel if the TV station does not break the law, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Thursday.
Mr. Abhisit acknowledged that tomorrow will be an important day as a great number of red-shirts and their vehicles would commence movement into [...]

Thai Government Asks UAE to Stop Shielding Thaksin
The government of Thailand has asked The United Arab Emirates not to permit former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawtra to carry on to living in Dubai and make it his support for political actions against the Thai government, the foreign minister’s secretary, Chavanont Intarakomalsut, told reporters on Wednesday.
Mr Chavanont [...]

Thaksin Sends SMS and Twitters to Followers
Thailand’s convicted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has sent out an SMS message to his followers asking them to join in the mass anti-government protest rally this weekend by the United front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) in Bangkok.
The UDD plans a giant public meeting in Bangkok this weekend, [...]

Internal Security Act to be Enforced in Bangkok
The Thai Prime Minister’s cabinet on Tuesday concurred on a decision to bring into play the Internal Security Act (ISA) from March 11-23 to deal with with the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship’s (UDD) giant protest assembly, as advocated by the security monitoring commission, acting government spokesman [...]

Accused Bombers Under Arrest
Two Thai men captured for alleged participation in last month’s grenade assault on a Bangkok Bank branch on Silom Road are not scapegoats and have acknowledged their guilt, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said on Monday morning.
Mr Suthep said they have come clean that they were hired by the United Front for [...]

Missing Weapons Worry Wattanayagorn
Thailand’s government has launched an emergency investigation into enormous losses of weapons and explosives stolen from an armaments storehouse of a armed forces base camp in the southern province of Phatthalung is ongoing, according to Panitan Wattanayagorn, acting government spokesperson.
The Theft was reported to police and anxious officials on Thursday, said Mr [...]

Monks to Join Red Shirt Rally
Thailand’s opposition Red-shirt leader Arisman Pongruangrong has asserted that about 20,000 Buddhist monks will join the rally organized by the Democratic Alliance Against Dictatorship next week.
The monks will supply a morale enhancement to the red shirts, he said, and will pray and chant so the protesters can defeat the evil [...]

Red Shirts Ramp Up for Raucous But Respectful Rally
Bangkok will experience a mass anti-government rally next weekend that will stretch from Sanam Luang to the Equestrian Statue of King Rama V, and the rally headquarters will be at Phanfa Leelad bridge on Ratchadamnoen Klang road, organizers of the red-shirt United Front for Democracy (UDD) announced [...]

Monks Told not to Monkey in Politics
Thai Monks should not become involved in the planned mass anti-government gathering next weekend as it is not their affair, Deputy Prime Minister managing safety Suthep Thaugsuban said on Friday.
United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) core figure Arisman Pongruangrong previous has said Buddhist monks will unite in the [...]