Tue, Dec 10, 2013
Thai PM dissolves parliament, calls poll
Desperate to defuse Thailand’s deepening political crisis, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra dissolved the lower house of parliament yesterday and called for early elections. However, the moves did nothing to stem a growing tide of more than 150,000 protesters vowing to overthrow ...FULL STORY
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Commission to examine TBC funding
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