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  Small Thailand Anti-Junta Groups Vow Protests on Coup Anniversary

  Small groups of anti-junta activists have vowed to hold protests Friday marking one year since Thailand's generals seized power from the elected government, but widespread dissent is unlikely in a country still locked down by the military.

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  Two Thai Men Await Sentence for 'Insulting' Royals

  Two young Thais accused of insulting the monarchy in a university play braced for sentencing today as the ruling junta intensifies its crackdown on perceived royal slurs under the kingdom's controversial lese majeste law.

• Thailand 'Red Shirts' Cornered as Army Stifles Dissent

  With leaders rounded up and soldiers deployed in their rural heartlands, Thailand's "Red Shirts" have gone to ground but experts say they will regroup against the military's toppling of the government they helped elect.

• Thai Soldiers Fire in Air to Disperse Pro-Government Crowd: Spokesman

  Thai soldiers fired into the air to disperse thousands of pro-government, "red shirt" activists gathered at a protest site in Bangkok's western outskirts following a military coup on Thursday, a protest spokesman said.

• Thai 'Red Shirts' Want Referendum on Political Impasse

  The leader of Thailand's pro-government "Red Shirt" movement called on Thursday for a national referendum to resolve a political deadlock that prompted the army chief to declare martial law.

• Thai Red Shirts vow 'final fight' to defend Yingluck Shinawatra

  Thailand's pro-government "Red Shirt" supporters rallied for a second day on Sunday, vowing to protect Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who is facing a slew of legal challenges that could see her toppled within weeks.

• Thai Red Shirts vow to fight back if government ousted

  A leader of a pro-government movement backing Thailand's beleaguered prime minister has vowed to fight back if the country's judicial institutions and oversight agencies tried to remove the government undemocratically.

• Supporters of Thai PM converge to counter anti-government protests

  Thousands of supporters of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra travelled by bus, pickup truck and train on Saturday to join a three-day rally on the outskirts of Bangkok aimed at countering months of sometimes violent anti-government protests.

• Thai PM's supporters head for huge Bangkok rally, rule out violence

  Hundreds of thousands of Thai government supporters are expected to descend on Bangkok this weekend in a symbolic show of force after months of sometimes violent protests aimed at bringing down Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

• Thai 'red shirts' take up fight to defend PM facing impeachment

  Supporters of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra say they will take to the streets as moves to impeach her gather pace, raising the spectre of confrontation with protesters who helped scupper a February election she had been expected to win.

• Thailand pro-government 'Red Shirts' vow election support

  Thai government supporters on Wednesday threw their backing behind upcoming elections in the protest-hit nation, warning that proposals from opposition rallies aimed at suspending the country's democracy risked "absolute dictatorship".

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  Thai political protests paralyse several more ministries

  Thai opposition protesters besieged several more ministries in Bangkok on Tuesday in a bid to topple the government, as Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra faced a no-confidence motion in parliament and warned against "mob rule".

• Thousands mark 'Red Shirt' crackdown in Bangkok

  uddhist monks led prayers as tens of thousands gathered in Bangkok to mark the second anniversary of deadly clashes between soldiers and "Red Shirt" protesters. The scene Saturday was a sharp contrast with two years earlier, when Thailand was at war with itself and troops moved in to crush a nine-week anti-government protest that left more than 90...

• Thailand: 'Red Shirts' protest in Bangkok

  Twenty-thousand Red Shirt protesters descended on the streets of Thailand's capital on Sunday, taking over the Bangkok Democracy Monument as they held a peaceful but noisy rally.Marching from the central business district of Ratchaprasong, the anti-government demonstrators arrived at the monument in the afternoon local time and were planning to sta...

• Thailand counts economic loss at $1.5 billion

  The Thai government declared on Thursday it had mostly quelled 10 weeks of violent protests in the capital as buildings still smoldered, but there were some reports of overnight violence in some pockets.While the government regained control of the central commercial district of Bangkok, Thailand's finance ministry estimated the economic damage to t...