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...with reporting by Neel Chowdhury / Singapore; Simon Elegant, Austin Ramzy and Jessie Jiang / Beijing; Robert Horn / Bangkok; Baradan Kuppusamy / Kuala Lumpur; Coco Masters, Yuki Oda and Michiko Toyama / Tokyo; Madhur Singh / New Delhi; Jason Tedjasukmana / Jakarta and Jyoti Thottam / Hong Kong
...Bangkok Recipe for An Ouster After withstanding months of protests and calls for his resignation, Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej was ultimately forced from office Sept. 9 on a technicality. According to a court ruling, Samak's gig as an occasional host of a TV cooking show violated a conflict-of-interest article in the Thai constitution that prohibits the Prime Minister from having a job outside of official duties. Yet just as soon as Samak was removed, his party declared its intention to renominate him, a move likely to perpetuate Thailand's political unrest. Samak's detractors allege...
...anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) have been besieging his office compound. Since Aug. 26, they've turned the manicured grounds into a rallying ground for opposition orators, and they greeted the court decision with loud cheers and claps. Members of the PAD staged daily protests in Bangkok since late May, calling for Samak's resignation. But they upped the ante when they stormed Government House late last month and forced Samak to abandon his normal offices. PAD leaders claim Samak, whose People Power Party (PPP) won elections last December, is little more than a proxy for former...
...that Thailand's political crisis is set to end anytime soon. And that's bad for Thai business. Since the PAD rallies began, the country's benchmark stock index has plummeted nearly 25%. After several nations issued travel warnings for Thailand last week, following a fatal street battle in Bangkok between rival groups of political demonstrators, many tourists have canceled trips, depriving the country of badly needed income...
...Bangkok Antigovernment Protests Grow Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej declared a state of emergency in the capital after antigovernment protesters clashed with the regime's backers, leaving one dead and dozens injured. Samak, whom critics denounce as a proxy for former leader Thaksin Shinawatra, vowed to weather the demonstrations, even as protesters occupied his offices and the nation's election commission recommended that his party be disbanded...