Thai coup leaders hire PR company

The government came to power through a show of military force

The government of Thailand, which came to power after a militarycoup last September, is to hire a public relations firm to improve itsimage.
Prime Minister Surayud [...]

USA for Innovation Ad Campaign Highlights Thailand’s Theft of American Assets

(http://www.usaforinnovation.org) today announced an advertising campaign to
highlight Thailand’s new military regime and its recent threats to seize
patents owned by American companies. The advertisement, a full-page ad in the
Wall Street Journal, highlights a recent movement by the new Thai military
regime, which assumed power by coup last September, to steal American medical
innovations.
Additionally, supporters of USA for [...]

Thai Premier Surayud Expands Cabinet Amid Performance Criticism

By Anuchit Nguyen and Suttinee Yuvejwattana
April 28 (Bloomberg) — Thailand’s military-installed Prime
Minister Surayud Chulanont added three new members to his Cabinet
amid growing criticism of his government’s performance.
Three deputy ministers were assigned to assist heads at the
ministries of interior, [...]

Thailand: Buddhism, Thaksin and Bangkok’s Challenges

April 26, 2007 18 25  GMT

Summary
Two thousand monks descended on Thailand’s parliament building April 25
– accompanied by nine elephants — and demanded that Thailand’s
proposed constitution make Buddhism the Southeast Asian nation’s state
religion. While the demand itself does not pose a fundamental long-term
challenge to the government, the highly organized nature of the
religious protests does. The government [...]

Some 4,000 protest Thailand’s junta

Fri Apr 27, 2:02 PM ETAFP Photo: Thai protestors shouts slogans against the military government in front of Bangkok’s famous Grand Palace…. BANGKOK (AFP) – Some 4,000 people protested in Bangkok Friday againstThailand’s military-backed government, which came to power after aSeptember coup that ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra.Defying rain, [...]

Thaksin better not come back: Thai PM

UPDATED: 21:32, April 26, 2007
Thailand’s
Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said Thursday that chances of ousted
premier Thaksin Shinawatra returning to Thailand after elections are
slim, because charges facing him were in process.

“I would say please don’t ever come back,” Surayud said, when
media reporters ask him what he would say to Thaksin if could meet him
in person.

Surayud [...]

Buddhist monks protest in Thailand

By RUNGRAWEE C. PINYORAT, Associated Press Writer Thu Apr 26, 10:18 AM ET

BANGKOK, Thailand – Thousands of Buddhist monks demonstrated outside Parliament on Thursday to demand that Thailand’s new constitution enshrine Buddhism as the official national religion.
The Constitution Drafting Committee, appointed by coup leaders in January, formally submitted their first [...]

Thai council threatens to call state of emergency over protests

The
Council for National Security (CNS) — which is lead by coup leader
General Sonthi Boonyaratkalin — threatened on 25 April 2007 to declare
a nationwide state of emergency if continuing anti-government protests
turn violent. Although this is not the first time that the CNS has
threatened to declare an emergency, Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont
also stated that a “national crisis” [...]

Thai army chief blames arsenal blasts on hot weather

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:28:00GMT
Bangkok- Thailand’s junta chief [...]

THAKSIN SHINAWATRA at THE DOHA 7TH FORUM FOR DEMOCRACY

THE DOHA 7TH FORUM FOR DEMOCRACY, DEVELOPMENT & FREE TRADE/ SESSION
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