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Thu, March 16, 2006 : Last updated 23:09 pm (Thai local time)



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Doctors urged to care for protesters

The Rural Doctors Society issued a statement yesterday calling for their professional peers to take turns attending the rally against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra - to attend to any protesters that need medical care.




Peaceful ending sought

The government should call on protesters to stop demonstrating and urge them to hold peaceful talks, 70 per cent of respondents to an Abac Poll said on Tuesday.





Ex-envoys slam foreign policy

Three former prominent diplomats made their appearance on the PAD's stage for the first time last night to attack caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's foreign policies.



Govt denies dodgy arms deals

Defence Minister Thamarak Isarangura yesterday denied alleged irregularities relating to arms procurement.



PAD might 'ambush' premier with letter

Protest leaders were thinking about ambushing the prime minister at Government House today to give him an open letter calling for his resignation, a protest spokesman said yesterday.

ANALYSIS

Supinya verdict a win for media freedom

The decision by the Bangkok Criminal Court yesterday to acquit Supinya Klangnarong was historic as it reaffirmed the constitutional rights of the Thai people to free expression as stated in Articles 39, 40 and 41.

APRIL 2 ELECTION

Poll could be a waste of funds: EC

More than 300 candidates already disqualified; delay looks likely

SNIPPETS

Souvenirs: Save-the-nation headbands handed out to police at Government House

Police on duty near Government House during the anti-Thaksin rally agreed to take home some of the headbands bearing the saying "Koo-chat" (Save the nation).



Provincial boost for PM

Government supporters travel-ling in two caravans of farm trucks will rally on Bangkok's outskirts so as to avoid a possible confrontation with anti-Thaksin protesters camp-ing out at Government House, Deputy Prime Minister Chidchai Vanasatidya said yesterday.



Warring sides may meet today

PollWatch and the University Rectors Conference will today host a preliminary discussion for the caretaker government, opposition parties, and the People's Alliance for Democracy in a bid to defuse political tension.



Pro-Thaksin rally at Chatuchak

Supporters of besieged Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra vowed yesterday to stage a rally at Chatuchak Park for as long as the People's Alliance for Democracy demonstrates at Government House.

BURNING ISSUE

Who's counting, anyway?

The only consistency in estimates of the size of the anti-PM rallies is their lack of logic






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