Crowds turn out as party finally finds some colour
Blue and yellow were popular colours yesterday at Sanam Luang, where more than 50,000 people from every part of the country and all walks of life attended the Democrat Party's rally - held for the first time in Bangkok since the dissolution of the House in February.
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Prem still tight-lipped on political situation
Privy Council President General Prem Tinsulanonda maintained his silence on the political impasse yesterday despite media expectation he might comment at the opening of an annual academic seminar.
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Suit against Chamlong out the window
Public prosecutors have rejected a lawsuit accusing Chamlong Srimuang over creating public disorder and blocking traffic for a demonstration he led against the listing of Thai Beverage Plc on the Stock Exchange of Thailand, a spokesman for the Attorney General's Office said yesterday.
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IN BRIEF
Politics: Man seeks charges against PAD
A man yesterday filed a complaint urging police to investigate five leaders of the People's Alliance for Democracy.
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Marcos and Thaksin: blood brothers in dictatorship
Generations to come will pay the price for allowing dictators like Thaksin Shinawatra to stay in power too long, said Filipino Senator Nereus Acosta.
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Premier to remain in Bangkok next week
Caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra plans to stay in Bangkok for the whole of next week to help Thai Rak Thai candidates campaign for the election.
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Stand-off in the provinces
Thai Rak Thai MP Wichai Chaijitwanichkul was at the centre of a clash with Udon Thani's People's Alliance for Democracy campaigners when they gathered to heckle caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
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CALL FOR ROYAL APPOINTMENT
No precedent, say academics
University staff warn PAD edging towards violence with Article 7 demand over PM
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Banharn rebuffs Thaksin
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra failed to gain the support of Chat Thai Party leader Banharn Silpa-archa in his bid to end the opposition's election boycott, a Thai Rak Thai Party official said yesterday.
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Senate race gets off to quick start in Lumpini Park
More than 200 Bangkok contenders for next month's Upper House election registered yesterday at Bangkok's Senior Citizens Club in Lumpini Park when the Election Commission (EC) opened applications.
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PM's mother-in-law drops in on the poor
The mother-in-law of caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra visited the Caravan of the Poor at Chatuchak Park yesterday.
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