Since fleeing Thailand last year, the self-exiled, billionaire ex-premier has zig-zagged the globe while stirring anti-establishment supporters from afar. He has incessantly needled the ruling party through in-country proxies, sarcastic Tweet messages and... ...full story at digg
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*Thailand's Democrat Party hasn't won a popular national election in more than a decade. But on Dec. 15, Abhisit Vejjajiva, the 44-year-old leader of the oldest Thai political party, was chosen in a slender... |
| 27 Jan 09 |
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Reconciliation requires understanding on both sides » The Nation THE COMPLEXITIES that embody Thaksin Shinawatra can still be felt from afar. In his interview with a Japanese newspaper and latest "phone-in" to his supporters in Thailand, the fugitive former prime minister swung from desperate to revengeful,... |
| 01 Nov 09 |
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Thaksin begins sending SMS to fans » Bangkok Post Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra sent his first cell phone text message to his supporters in Thailand on Sunday morning. |
| 03 Nov 09 |
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Govt not worried about Thaksin's SMS » Bangkok Post The government is not worried about ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra's plan to send SMS messages to his supporters because it goes not give any importance to his activities, Prime Minister's Office Minister Sathit Wongnongtoey said on Tuesday. |
| 14 Feb 09 |
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Thaksin: I'll rather die than lose » Bangkok Post Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra made a phone-in to his red-clad supporters on Saturday evening, saying he is not afraid of death and is ready to return to Thailand. |
| 16 Aug 08 |
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Anti-Thaksin group to march to British embassy » Bangkok Post The anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) plans to march to the British embassy here on Tuesday to rebut critical remarks made by Thailand's fugitive ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra against the Thai judiciary system, a PAD core... |