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/ 8 December 2008
Thailand’s opposition party has called a special Parliament session to prove it can form a government, but the former ruling party won’t back down.
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/ 3 December 2008
Anti-government protesters lifted their blockade of Bangkok’s main airport on Wednesday, raising the hopes of 230 000 stranded tourists.
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/ 1 December 2008
Restarting operations at Thailand’s main airport will take at least a week once a sit-in by anti-government protesters ends, officials said on Monday.
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/ 28 November 2008
Thai protesters prepared to end their three-month occupation of the prime minister’s office on Monday to consolidate their grip on the main airport.
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/ 28 November 2008
The Thai prime minister sacked his police chief on Friday, fuelling speculation the government is preparing to crack down on protesters.
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/ 21 October 2008
Thailand’s Supreme Court found ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra guilty of conflict of interest on Tuesday over a land deal for his wife.
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/ 17 September 2008
Thailand’s Parliament elected a brother-in-law of ousted leader Thaksin Shinawatra as prime minister on Wednesday.
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/ 7 September 2008
Protests in Bangkok are dominated by the baleful influence of the former prime minister.
Sven-Goran Eriksson left Manchester City on Monday, less than a year after taking over as coach of the Premier League club. A statement on City’s website said the 60-year-old Swede had parted company with the club by mutual consent. His last competitive game in charge was an 8-1 humiliation at Middlesbrough on the last day of the season.
Nicklas Bendtner scored with a late header on Sunday to give Arsenal a 1-0 win over Everton in the Premier League, and Liverpool beat Manchester City by the same score. Bendtner jumped to head a cross from Armand Traore past Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard in the 77th minute.
Manchester United will take a giant stride towards retaining their Premier League title if they beat Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park on Saturday. United’s lead at the top was cut to two points by Chelsea after the Blues won 1-0 away to Everton on Thursday.
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/ 28 February 2008
Ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra made an emotional return from exile on Thursday, swearing to stay out of politics despite a widespread belief he would run the country from behind the scenes. Within minutes of arriving, the telecoms billionaire surrendered to police on a corruption charge.
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/ 27 February 2008
Thailand, trying to recover from two years of political turmoil, braced for the return of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra from nearly 18 months in exile on Thursday, with his battle against an array of opponents far from over. Rivals ranging from the royalist establishment to street-protest leaders will confront Thaksin.
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/ 23 December 2007
The party backing ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra easily won the most seats in Sunday’s election, a stunning rejection of the coup which booted out the telecoms billionaire in 2006. With 93% of the vote counted, the People Power Party was heading for 228 seats in the 480-member Parliament.
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/ 5 December 2007
More than 100 000 people lined the streets around Bangkok’s glittering Grand Palace on Wednesday to cheer Thailand’s revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej as he celebrated his 80th birthday. The crowds, dressed in yellow shirts and waving flags emblazoned with a royal emblem, lined the broad tree-fringed avenues leading to the palace.
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/ 21 September 2007
Thailand is seeking to block clips on YouTube that accuse the chief royal adviser of masterminding last year’s bloodless coup. The government, which lifted a five-month ban on YouTube in August after it agreed to block clips deemed offensive to King Bhumibol Adulyadej, was seeking a court order to block two video clips.