BKK News Feed Archive – Q4/08/I

BKK News Feed for Week 47 in 2008, November 17th – 23rd:

THE NATION – PAD Launches “King Thaksin Operation” With Mob Brought In From the Provinces (wouldn’t find enough Bangkokians anymore)
THE NATION – PAD’s Sondhi Announces Protesters’ Paradise: Protests, Nothing but Protests
THE NATION – The Mayhem Begins: Chamlong Leads PAD to Seize Royal Plaza & Areas Outside Govt House
AFP – Tense Thailand Prepares for Parliament March
THE NATION – Political Upheaval Feared Today
THE NATION – A Visit @ the “Cultish” PAD’s Thinned-Down Govt House
TNA – Medical Teams on Stand-By to Assist Wounded Protesters
THE AGE – Lèse Majesté: The Trouble With Harry
ABC – Aussie to Plead not Guilty Over Thai Royal Family Insult
! ASIA TIMES – Judicial Coup Murmurs in Thailand
PHILIP GOLINGAI – Conspiracy Theorists Having a Field Day
BANGKOK POST – Police Warn PAD

THE NATION – 8 Injured in Another Bomb Attack Against PAD
BANGKOK POST – State Workers Call for General Strike on Tuesday (me wonders how much those “unionists” are paid)
REUTERS – Scenarios: What’s in Store for Politically Riven Thailand?
BLOOMBERG – “SET in the City” Offers Gold to Lure Thais to Stocks (great timing!)
! CNN BLOG – Thailand’s Descent Into Chaos
THE NATION – Dear Editor, Is It Safe to Join the PAD Rally?
BANGKOK POST – Threats of Violence, Again
THE NATION – Worries Grow Over Rival Rallies
BANGKOK POST – Prohibitionists (Winning Again), Let It Be
THE NATION – Controversial General Warns PAD More Will Die on Sunday
! TOC – PAD Announce Final Mass Rally to Oust Nominee Killer Government (“final” again & again)
BLOOMBERG – Thai Protesters to Step Up Anti-Government Campaign

BANGKOK POST – Bangkok Dangerous: Let Governor Candidates Walk in Our Shoes
ASIA ONE – Bangkok Not Ready to Lead Asean
BLOOMBERG – Bangkok Bomb Blast (Update)
! IHT – Grenade Attack Kills 1 @ Govt House, Injures Many (not even a big headline any longer)
STRAITS TIMES – Thaksin’s Comeback Spells More Turbulence Ahead
! AFP – Watchdog: Thailand Using Royal Law to Suppress Dissent
WP – U.N. Official Warns Of Social Strife in Asia
MONSTERS & CRITICS – Analysis: Thailand’s Fugitive Former Premier Fights Back
HOBO TRAVELER – Mafia of Fake Monks Prey on Thailand Tourists
MUST READ: BANGKOK POST – Maverick General Intends to End Chaos
THAI CRISIS – Democrats Propose Law to Crack Down on Internet Lèse Majesté
LOST BOY – Thailand, World’s Biggest Sitcom

! IHT – Thaksin Seeks to Nurture Asia’s Future Leaders
THE NATION – Fugitive Thaksin to Declare His Return to Politics
OWN SOURCE – Thaksin’s “Building a Better Future Foundation”
BANGKOK POST – PAD Threatens to Escalate, Claims Thaksin Lost Political War
MARKET WATCH – Echoes of Asian Crisis Reverberate in Thailand
PRACHATAI – Fighting Spirits
REUTERS – Exiled Thaksin to Address 2nd Mass Rally
AFP – Tourist Arrivals Plummet in Thailand Amid Credit Crunch
BANGKOK POST – Golden Triangle Opium Production on the Rise
BANGKOK PUNDIT – Harry Nicolaides: A Political Prisoner?
XPRESS – Superstar Struggling for Identity
AFP – Thai Royals Collect Ashes of Princess as Political Crisis Looms

BKK News Feed for Week 46 in 2008, November 10th – 16th:

BANGKOK POST – Thaksin’s Divorce Just a Business Deal
THE NATION – Thaksin’s Strategic Divorce
BBC – Thailand Mourns Princess (with video)
SMH – The Angel of Bang Kwang
PHILIP GOLINGAI – Explosions, Hexes & Romance
MUST READ: BANGKOK POST/THE SHARK – Thaksin, Pojaman End 32-Year Marriage (maybe just for legal reasons & Somchai’s no longer a brother-in-law)
CANBERRA TIMES – End to an Inauspicious Year for Thai Royal Family (written by New Mandala’s Walker & Farrelly)
REUTERS – What’s in Store for Politically Riven Thailand?
BANGKOK POST – Princess Funeral Rites Begin
AFP – Thai Royal Funeral Comes Amid Tug-Of-War Over Monarchy
BANGKOK POST – PAD Turns to “Lady Power” to Lift Flagging Popularity
THE NATION – Thaksin Visa Debate: Politics or Money?
XPRESS – Chuwit Gang’s Knives Are Out: Who’s Our Next Governor?
REUTERS – TRUE to Sell 3G iPhone, AIS Still in Talks (I’d wait for the Blackberry Storm)
! BANGKOK POST – Sulak Speaks Out: Institution of Monarchy & Lèse Majesté
NOT THE NATION – Thaksin Seeks Asylum in Neiman Marcus
CNN – Klong Toey Bomb (bombs have become an everyday occurrence in Bangkok)
! BANGKOK POST – Where Is the Silent Majority?
THE NATION – So, What’s the Deal With Bahamas?
ABS/CBN – Lessons for Thaksin From Deposed Leaders
THE NATION – Apirak, Under Fire Truck Fire, Quits (with sound byte)
TIME – One Self-Exiled Ex-Premier Seeking New Nation, With Fairway
THE NATION – Malaysia to Allow Thaksin to Pass Through (will study asylum request)
THE AUSTRALIAN – Thailand Leading Way in Making “Green” Cars
BANGKOK POST – Fire Truck Saga: Apirak & Others Guilty
MUST READ: ASIA SENTINEL – Exiled Thaksin: The British Lion Turns Lamb (British cowards?!)
! ASIA TIMES – Hide & Seek for Thailand’s Thaksin
BANGKOK PUNDIT – Thaksin Interview Video & Reuters
AFP – Cambodians Rely on Magic Against Modern Thai Weapons
XPRESS – Bad Breath Blues
THE NATION – Thaksin on the Run & His World Is Shrinking Fast (but he still has a diplomatic passport …)
NEW MANDALA – Anti-Democracy in Thailand
IHT – New Case of Bird Flu Found in Northern Thailand
GROUND REPORT – Why Thailand Will Not Stage the Next Military Coup
TIMES – Thaksin: “I Will Keep Traveling”
AFP – Officials: Thailand to Push Thaksin Extradition Wherever He Goes
TELEGRAPH – Bangkok Protesters Adopt Witchcraft to Topple Government
THE SHARK – Sondhi Lim, the Tampax Brahmin
MUST READ: REUTERS – Exiled Thaksin Vows Fightback Against Thai Enemies
! THE NATION – Thaksin, Pushed in the Corner, to Fight Back: “I Will Name Names”
THE NATION – Seizure of Billions of Thaksin’s Assets Continues
! WSJ – Thaksin Looks for a New Base
BANGKOK POST – Sorcerer Sondhi Wards Off Evil (“The leaders have to do something to lift the demonstrators’ spirits”)
MEAW & MORE – PAD’s Strategic Used Sanitary Napkin Strategy (how much deeper can you sink?
THE NATION – Visa Analysis: What Was London Thinking
BANGKOK POST – Thaksin Visa: The Bad News Is …

BKK News Feed for Week 45 in 2008, November 03rd – 09th:

USA TODAY – U.K. Revokes Ousted Thai Leader’s Visa
! BANGKOK POST – British Visas Revoked: Thaksins Stranded in China
SMH – Why I Took Drugs: A Reporter’s War With His Demons (Lloyd was a Bangkok correspondent)
THE NATION – U.K. Cancels Visas of Thaksin, Wife
THE NATION – Lawyer: Crackdown on Lèse Majesté “Would Backfire”
THE NATION – PAD Losing Bangkok Support
BBC – Thai Arrest Over “Royal Insult”
THE STAR – Transvestite Pageant Postponed: Elephants Fight, Ants Get Squashed
! NOT THE NATION – Obama Victory: New Hope for Thais With Dark Skin
BANGKOK PUNDIT – PAD Celebrate Samak’s Cancer & Abhisit Intervenes
AFP Rare Animal Trade Thrives in Thailand From Lax Laws
ASIA TIMES – Medical Tourism Causes Complications
! AFP – Thailand’s Best-Known Social Critic Sulak Arrested for Royal Insult
THE NATION – Of Amnesties & Royal Pardons
! ASIA TIMES – What Obama Means to Bangkok
GUARDIAN – Thailand Hopes Soccer Can Mend Saudi Ties
THE NATION – “Rajprachasamasai,” a Powerful Political Discourse
PHUKET GAZETTE – Copulating Thai Teens Cause Culture Shock
! BANGKOK POST – McCain’s Thai Lesson
THE NATION – Bid to Seek Amnesty for Thaksin “Likely to Fail”
THE NATION – Police Report on 9 PAD Leaders Reaches Prosecutors
BANGKOK POST – Americans in Thailand Welcome New U.S. President
THE NATION – Small, Poor Countries Trying to Woo Thaksin’s Money
! ASIA SENTINEL – Thailand’s Monarchy on the Firing Line
MUST READ: FT – Thai Queen Has Always Shown Compassion to Her People (with link to FT’s “Good People?”)
ASIA SENTINEL – Election Feature: Asian Views of America’s Role in Asia 2008
MUST READ: THE AGE – How Thailand’s Evolution Into a Stable Democracy Has Gone Into Reverse
TIMES – Scores Injured in Market Bombing in Southern Thailand
THE NATION – PAD Govt House Nuisance: Battling Back to School
NYT – Thailand’s War on Dengue Fever
BANGKOK POST – Critics in Green: Military Top Brass Call Thaksin Speech “Out of Bounds”
MUST READ: THE NATION – Saving Anocha: A Thai Lady Abducted by North Korea
TOC – Hotel Industry to Rely on Thais as Foreign Tourists Decrease
BANGKOK POST – Analysis: Proceed Carefully With Thai Stocks
UCLA – Ladyboys & Good Sons: Contemporary Mediums & Gender Identity in Northern Thai Trance Dance (via 2Bangkok.com)
! TOC – BBC Finds Ousted PM Still Wins Hearts of Supporters
SIAM ENGLISH – (Desolate) English Skills in Thailand
BANGKOK POST – Thaksin, We Need a Rest
THE NATION – Bangkok’s Airport Taxi Shame
BANGKOK PUNDIT – A Village’s Last Buddhist Family

BKK News Feed for Week 44 in 2008, October 27th – November 02nd:

MUST READ: STRAITS TIMES – Thaksin Therapy (has Thaksin’s call changed the Thai political equation?)
XINHUA – Thai Govt Ready to Negotiate With PAD (read: the capitulation of the PAD as they’ve fired their last shots)
MUST READ: NOT THE NATION – Ministry of Color Reports Gray, Purple Still Available for New Mobs
THE NATION – Huge Red Show of Strength
THE NATION – Thaksin Calls for Reconciliation, Forgiveness
AFP – 90,000 Gather to Hear Thaksin
BANGKOK POST – Good-Natured Thaksin Supporters Party
THE NATION – Pro-Thaksin Rally, Photo Gallery
BLOOMBERG – Thailand’s Thaksin to Phone In to Bangkok Stadium Rally Tonight (Thaksin “the Hitler of Thailand”)
THAI BLOGS – You, You Farang!
NOT THE NATION – Halloween Special: Ladyboys Almost Impossible To Distinguish, Police Warn
TNA – PAD Tightens Security @ Govt House, Ready to Talk to PM (again, looking for a face-saving exit strategy)
TOC – Chamlong Condemns Army & Affirms Bounty Rewards Placed on Heads of PAD Core Leaders
MUST READ: IPS – Red-Shirt Rallies: Anti-Coup Sentiment Gaining Popularity
BANGKOK PUNDIT – Don’t Let Him (Thaksin) Talk
THE NATION – Reason to Hope for Calm Tomorrow
TOC – Abhisit Worries About Civil War
NEW MANDALA – The Great Wall of Chitralada
BLOOMBERG – Thailand, Under Siege, Spends More to Buoy Growth (Update)
BANGKOK POST – PAD: “We Are Under Attack”
BANGKOK POST – PAD: “We Are Under Attack”
MANAGER – The Somchai Love Hotel Video (a lookalike or the man himself?)
TOC – PAD: PM Resign if Guilty of Adultery
BANGKOK POST – Thailand Recognized for Protecting Non-Smokers
TOC – Chamlong Accuses Govt of Stubbornly Clinging to Power Despite Massive Public Protest (massive public protest … tells you something about his state of mind)
MUST READ: THE NATION – PAD Guards (Militia) Allegedly Assault 2 Men (& they took his ATM card)
THE NATION – Chamlong Blames Govt Over Bomb, Gun Attacks
BLOOMBERG – Blast Hurts 6 Protesters, Bystander Killed
BANGKOK POST – Editorial: Calling for Restraint (“the PAD is more than the guest who overstays his welcome”)
TREE HUGGER – Thai Buddhist Temple Built From Beer Bottles (via 2Bangkok.com – so where are those religious prohibitionists?)
! THE NATION – Bomb & Gun Fire Attack Against PAD
! REUTERS – Thailand Causes Upset With Asean Summit Switch (we’re going to be sharing rooms and sleeping on the floor)
TOC – PAD to Block Sukhumvit on Thursday (in the name of public education)
BANGKOK PUNDIT – Our New Police Force
PRACHATAI/THE NATION – Conflicts of Interest Abound in Dubious Democrat-PAD Roles
ASIA SENTINEL – Tensions Continue to Rise in Bangkok
BANGKOK POST – Poll: 40% of People Want Thaksin-Sondhi United
ASIA TIMES – Thai Tensions Underline Regional Woes
XPRESS – Book: The King of Thailand in World Focus, 2nd Edition
MEAW & MORE – People’s Republic of Thailand Virus
THE NATION – Please Keep Thaksin There, We Don’t Want Him Here
NOT THE NATION – Abhisit, Korn Plan Historic Journey Outside Bangkok
THE NATION – Initial Oct 7 Findings: PM, Chavalit “Responsible”
BANGKOK POST – Update: B500m Firewall May Block 1,000 Websites
! BBC – Thais Block Anti-Royal Websites
THE NATION – PAD Round Up 5 Old DAAD Supporters
MUST SEE: WSJ – Bangkok Condom Capitalism (video)
ASIAN SWEETHEART – Which Country Has the Sexiest School Uniforms? (take a wild guess)
TOC – Sondhi Lashes Back @ Esteemed Sec-Gen of Project Under Royal Patronage
TOC – Democrats Ask Thaksin to Stop Discrediting Thailand
MUST READ: XPRESS – Red Danger, Yellow Peril
BANGKOK POST – PAD Split Over Violence
BANGKOK POST – PAD Force Govt to Hold Asean Summit in Chiang Mai
BANGKOK POST – Panic Selling @ SET, Thai Stocks Down 10.5% Below 400
! TOC – Army to Crack Down on Lèse Majesté, Monitor Thaksin’s Phone Interview
! TOC – Army to Crack Down on Lèse Majesté, Monitor Thaksin’s Phone Interview
MUST READ: NOT THE NATION – TAT Promotes PAD, General Chaos as New Tourist Attraction
ASIA TIMES – Thailand & Southeast Asia: Companions in Crisis
BANGKOK POST – “Sore Loser Thaksin” With a Passion for Revenge?
THE NATION – Peace Groups: “Don’t Provoke Violence”

BKK News Feed for Week 43 in 2008, October 20th – 26th:

BANGKOK POST – ThaiBev Listing: Prohibitionists’ Sober Protest
THAI CRISIS – Thai Stock Exchange: 5 Years Wiped Out
THE NATION – Korn’s Letter to Thaksin: “Leave Us Alone to Clean Up the Mess You Left Us In”
TNA – PAD Protesters Ponder Besieging Thai Parliament Again
THE NATION – Clouds of Violence, Coup Lift
THE STAR – “Democrazy” Fever Brings Troubles to Polarised Thailand
WP – Thailand Escapes Financial Meltdown (is that so?)
BANGKOK POST – PAD to Salang: Bring It On
THE NATION – Critics: ThaiBev Listing Could Sink Alcohol Regulations (and hopefully so)
BERNAMA – Police Step Up Security in Bangkok
TOC – PAD Unafraid of Threats to Use Force to Disperse Rally (and another weirdo PAD explainer)
MUST READ: ASIA SENTINEL – Giles Ungpakorn: Nobody Has Clean Hands in Thailand’s Political Mess
RADIO AUSTRALIA – David Chandler: Thailand Needs to Back Off Temple Claims
BANGKOK POST – Suranand: Proxy Democracy & Virtual Coup
BANGKOK POST – Activists to Battle Against ThaiBev Listing
THE NATION – Thaksin Willing to Return Royal Decorations
ECONOMIST – Thaksin Come Home
BANGKOK PUNDIT – Foreign Media Disgrace
AFP – Thaksin Slams Corruption Judgment as Politically Motivated
AFP – Plastic Clappers a Must-Have for Thai Protesters
XINHUA – Cambodia Recruiting Militias on Border With Thailand
BANGKOK POST – Confrontation @ Govt House Looming
THE NATION – Thaksin to Address Supporters
BANGKOK POST – PAD Clear Bridge
BP/VANCOUVER SUN – Royal Succession @ Core of Thai Turmoil
THE NATION – PAD “Lite” Cut Down to 1 Rally Site
THE AGE – A New PAD Low: Protesters Pelt Thai PM With Shoes
! TOC – Former Deputy National Police Chief Threatens to Close Off Govt House (hmm, better let the PAD die down quietly and peacefully)
NOT THE NATION – Guest Columnist Thaksin: Excuse Me, Were You Looking at My Daughters’ Assets?
THE NATION – Thaksin Guilty as Charged
BANGKOK POST – Lack of Ethics Nails Thaksin
BANGKOK POST – OAG to File Thaksin Extradition Request With UK
TIME – Thaksin Gets 2 Years (“to defend Thaksin now is to basically oppose the rule of law”)
ASIA TIMES – Thaksin Falls Foul of Thai Courts
BBC – Thaksin Guilty of Corruption
! BANGKOK POST – Thaksin Guilty, Wife Not
NOT THE NATION – Illiterate, Deaf, Mute Farang Captured on Ramkhamhaeng
CNN – Verdict Due in Thaksin Case
NATIONAL POST – Going Backwards in Bangkok: The Bangkok Post’s Dropped Sunday Perspective
ASIA SENTINEL – Thailand’s Turmoil May Claim A(nother) Prime Minister

BKK News Feed for Week 42 in 2008, October 13th – 19th:

THE NATION – Thaksin Judgement Day
IHT – The Ghost of Former PM Hovers Over Thailand
BANGKOK POST – Triple Tension in Bangkok
IHT – Coup Fears Grow as Bangkok Boils
PRACHATAI – National Human Rights Commission Urged to Investigate PAD’s Human Rights Record
ASIA TIMES – Enemies Turn Allies in Temple Battle
BANGKOK POST – Red Shirts Mobilized: Forget Another Peaceful “Flower Coup” (that’s actually what I said months ago)
XPRESS – Thai Advertising: Selling Sexism
THE NATION – Former Police to “Retake Govt House”
BANGKOK POST – Fear Grips Thai Journalists
CNN – On the Frontline Between Thailand & Cambodia (video)
BANGKOK POST – Triple Tension in Bangkok
IHT – Coup Fears Grow as Bangkok Boils
PRACHATAI – National Human Rights Commission Urged to Investigate PAD’s Human Rights Record
ASIA TIMES – Enemies Turn Allies in Temple Battle
BANGKOK POST – Red Shirts Mobilized: Forget Another Peaceful “Flower Coup” (that’s actually what I said months ago)
XPRESS – Thai Advertising: Selling Sexism
THE NATION – Former Police to “Retake Govt House”
BANGKOK POST – Fear Grips Thai Journalists
CNN – On the Frontline Between Thailand & Cambodia (video)
BANGKOK POST – New Bird Flu Outbreak
THE NATION – Samak Has Liver Cancer
TIME – Trying to Calm Cambodia-Thailand Temple Dispute
WSJ – In Thailand, Insulting the King Can Mean 15 Years in Jail (rivals hurl charges at one another; “it’s the ultimate weapon”)
TOC – Chamlong Accuses Somchai Govt of Weakening Thailand’s International Standing (what was Chamlong smoking?)
BLOOMBERG – Thai Growth May Be Slowest in 8 Years
! BANGKOK POST – No House Dissolution & PM Says He Won’t Resign
THE NATION – PM to Address Nation: Dissolution of House?
MUST READ: ECONOMIST – Fuelling the Pyre: The Anti-Government Mob Claims Royal Backing
STRATEGY PAGE – Thailand’s 3 Different Wars @ Once
BANGKOK POST – Along Tense Border, Armies Back Away
THE NATION – New Beginning of Thai-Cambodian Ties
THE NATION – Coup via TV? Top Brass Pressure PM Through Channel 3
BANGKOK POST – Anupong to PM: Resign!
BANGKOK POST – Border: Fighting Breaks Out, Thais to Be Evacuated
BANGKOK POST – Thaksin’s Sixth Warrant
THE NATION – PM Names 11-Member Team to Probe Oct 7 Violence
BANGKOK POST – PAD Is Equally to Blame for Oct 7 (equally?)
IHT – In Thai Heartland, Anger Over PAD Protests
BANGKOK POST – Preah Vihear: Unifying Ill Wind?
ASIA TIMES – The Bounce of a Ping-Pong Bomb
! THE NATION – Anand: Only Thaksin Can Unlock Country’s Problems
AL JAZEERA – Thailand Used “Explosive” Tear Gas
AFP – Thailand Denies Troop Withdrawal
MUST READ: NEW MANDALA – Blood Rather Than Ballots
AP – Cambodia: Thai Troops Retreat From Disputed Border
BANGKOK POST – Anew Preah Vihear War Threat
XPRESS – A Martyr Mourned
BLOOMBERG – Thaksin’s Rural Thai Backers Sustain Ruling Party
THE NATION – Thaksin: The Man With Perfect Timing
REUTERS – Thai Queen Weighs in With Anti-Govt Protesters
! THE NATION – HM the Queen: Good Girl Angkhana Helped Protect Nation & Monarchy
BANGKOK POST – Funeral Rites: An Anti-Govt Who’s Who
TOC – Bahamas Has Granted Thaksin Special Passport
BANGKOK POST – Stock Analysis: Depression Worries; Will SET Test 204 Again?
MUST READ: BBC – Thai Political Crisis @ Fever Pitch
THE NATION – Pornthip: Angkhana Killed by Tear Gas Explosion
BANGKOK POST – A Comedy of Horrors (another Voranai commentary)

BKK News Feed for Week 41 in 2008, October 06th – 12th:

MUST READ: NYT – In Thai Protests, a Divide Between Urban & Rural
XPRESS – Turmoil Takes a Toll
TOC – Former Police to Gather Private Army to Personally Disperse PAD
BANGKOK POST – PAD Postpones March on Police HQ
THE NATION – PM: Resignation, House dissolution not Solution
BANGKOK POST – Govt Supporters: Red & Ready
NEW MANDALA/NICK NOSTITZ – What Happened on 07/10/2008?
THE NATION – Army Chief Walking a Tight Rope
IRRAWADDY – Thai Democracy @ a Critical Juncture
THE NATION – Army Chief Enrages PAD With “No-Coup” Remark
BANGKOK POST – Pallop Doesn’t Return to PAD
FINALLY: THE NATION – BTS Thonburi Extension Operational in April
THE NATION – Thai Stock Market Suspended After Falling More Than 10%
TOC – Police to Purchase Riot Control Water Truck to Quell PAD Protest
ECONOMIST – Blood on the Streets (Thailand safe for foreigners, but not Thais?)
THE NATION – Seven PAD Leaders to Surrender
MUST READ: BANGKOK POST – Chavalit: Coup Is the Only Way Out
PRACHATAI – Thailand’s Inadequate Sense of Reality
BANGKOK POST – And the Winner Is … Thaksin
THE NATION – PAD Plan Major March Against Police
WSJ – Thailand in Turmoil (and you thought foreigners are biased)
BANGKOK PUNDIT – Driving a Car Into Police
MUST BELIEVE: BANGKOK POST – Chamlong Back on Stage
NEWS IN BANGKOK – Angkhana: Was She a Bomber or Just a Useful Idiot?
MUST BELIEVE: THE NATION – Chamlong, Chaiwat Released on Bail
TOC – Police Claim Conspiracy to Discredit Force & Incite Chaos
BANGKOK POST – Court Drops Treason Charges Against PAD Leaders (sounds like a fair deal … will they surrender?)
THE NATION – Lawyer: PAD Leaders to Surrender if Treason Charge Revoked
THE NATION – TG Captain Suspended Over Private “Civil Disobedience”
XPRESS – Angkhana’s Father: “She Was Just an Unarmed Woman”
BANGKOK PUNDIT/FT – Thaksin Speaks Out …
BANGKOK POST – Commentary: In the Land of the Free, Democracy in Chains
REUTERS – No End in Sight for Divided Thailand
IPS – Thailand: Another Bout of Military Rule?
THE NATION – Police: Protester Killed by Bomb She Carried
BANGKOK POST – PAD Court Summons (can’t be a trap, can it? will they show up?)
TOC – PAD Files for Court’s Protection Against More Tear Gas Attacks (a world’s first, guess it will be granted!)
TNA – Bangkok Calm After Violence; Clean-Up Operation Underway
REUTERS – Uneasy Calm in Bangkok After Day of Deadly Riots
XPRESS – Black October
NOT THE NATION – Nation Editor Finally Gets To Use “Black October” Banner
THE NATION – Violence Without Responsibility, on Either Side
WSJ – Political Violence Takes Toll on Thai Economy
THE NATION – Vigilant PAD Ready to Fight On
BANGKOK POST – Brink of Anarchy
AP – Blood on Thai Streets as Political Crisis Worsens
TOC – PAD Leader Sondhi Claims Rogue Military Office Puts Monarchy in Danger
MUST READ: ASIA SENTINEL – Thailand’s Establishment Supports Chaos
ASIA TIMES – Thai Government Takes a Tougher Tack
THE NATION – Police Fire Tear Gas to Make Way for MPs, Senators to Leave Parliament
TOC – PAD’s Sondhi Says Govt Has Only Hours Left in Office
BANGKOK POST – PAD’s Sondhi Issues 6 PM Ultimatum for House Dissolution
THE NATION – Doctors: Wounds Are not Caused by Tear Gas, but Powerful Explosives
BANGKOK POST – Hunted PAD Turn Hunters
TOC – Bangkok Senator Rossana Forcefully Removed From Parliament
BANGKOK POST – MPs Stuck: Parliamentary Session Ends as PAD Surrounds Building
THE NATION – Policy Debate Concludes, Govt Inaugurated
TOC – PAD Core Leader Sondhi Declares D-Day for Rally
THE NATION – PAD Regain Control in Front of Parliament
THE NATION – PAD Vows to Fight to Bitter End
BANGKOK POST – PAD’s Sondhi Urges People to Go on Strike & Cut Off Water & Utility Supplies Nationwide
MUST READ: BANGKOK POST – PAD’s Parliament Siege Broken by Police With Teargas, Many Injured
BANGKOK PUNDIT – PAD Surround Parliament
BANGKOK POST – SET Tumbles 23& on Financial, Political Worries
SIN CHEW – Travel: Bangkok’s Oasis Bang Krachao
MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS – Thaksin & Wife Seek Political Asylum in UK
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS – The Malay-Muslim Insurgency in Southern Thailand Understanding the Conflict’s Evolving Dynamic
NYT – Police Detain Protest Leader in Thailand

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