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                    [Title] => Thailand's ousted PM files criminal case against opponents
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Thailand's ousted prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who was pushed from office more than a year ago, impeached and faces criminal charges, hit back at her opponents yesterday with her own lawsuit.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-29 12:13:09 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1496663 [Title] => Thailand's army-backed council rejects charter, delays polls [Summary] =>

Thailand's military-backed legislature on Sunday rejected an unpopular draft of a new constitution, delaying a return to democracy following a coup last year.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-05 23:48:18 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20150906/thai-consti.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1489459 [Title] => Bomb explodes at Bangkok shrine, killing at least 18 [Summary] =>

A bomb exploded at a popular shrine in central Bangkok during evening rush hour yesterday, killing at least 18 people, injuring more than 100 and leaving body parts strewn across the streets of a neighborhood full of five-star hotels and upscale shopping malls, officials said.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-17 18:00:49 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1360471 [Title] => Thai army ruler named prime minister [Summary] =>

Three months after overthrowing an elected government, Thailand's junta leader is stepping out of his army uniform to take up the post of prime minister in a move critics say will prolong his rule and bolster the military's grip on power.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-22 04:03:23 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1775126 [AuthorName] => Todd Pitman [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1340470 [Title] => Clash of values mires Thailand in cycle of coups [Summary] =>

Over the past decades, Chalad Worachat has resisted military regimes and dictatorial legislation by staging hunger strikes, five of them. Now the 71-year-old onetime parliamentarian is back on water and honey, despondent that after so many years and so much bloodshed, Thailand has been unable to break out of a cycle of military coups to achieve true democracy.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-29 12:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1255371 [AuthorName] => Denis Gray [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1326801 [Title] => Thailand coup leader a strong defender of monarchy [Summary] =>

The general who led the military takeover of Thailand is known as an ardent defender of the monarchy, an adversary of the former prime minister at the center of the nation's political crisis, and a prickly personality prone to snap at unwanted questions.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-24 10:15:47 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20140522/Thai-coup-leader-Prayuth-Chan-Ocha.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1326594 [Title] => Coup [Summary] =>

What does a nation do when its civilian political leadership is popular but wrong?

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1326400 [Title] => Thai military seizes power in bloodless coup [Summary] =>

Without firing a shot, Thailand's powerful military seized control of this volatile Southeast Asian nation Thursday, suspending the constitution and detaining Cabinet ministers in a risky bid to end half a year of political upheaval that many fear will only deepen the nation's crisis.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-23 09:17:56 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1775134 [AuthorName] => Todd Pitman and Thanyarat Doksone [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140523/thailand-martial-law.jpg ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1326020 [Title] => With martial law, Thai government nearly powerless [Summary] =>

The question to Thailand's army chief was a basic one: After he declared martial law this week, would he be consulting the government? His response encapsulated the increasingly surreal nature of this Southeast Asian country's political crisis.

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The question to Thailand's army chief was a basic one: After he declared martial law this week, would he be consulting the government? His response encapsulated the increasingly surreal nature of this Southeast Asian country's political crisis.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-22 06:06:57 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1775126 [AuthorName] => Todd Pitman [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) ) )
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