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Caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra boards a helicopter heading to Hua Hin Palace to be granted an audience with HM the King.//Photo by Vorawit Pumpuang)

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Teachers freed from Pattani hostage beaten by female villagers

Narathiwat - Angry local villagers separated two female Buddhist teachers they took hostage on Friday from others and beat them.

EC told to heed top courts' suggestion to resign : Supreme commander

The Election Commission (EC) should heed the advice of the three top courts and step aside so as to give free rein to the judiciary to end the political crisis, Supreme Commander General Ruengroj Masaranont said on Friday.

Thaksin returns from palace but refuses to speak

Caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra boarded a helicopter back from an audience with HM the King at Hua Hin Palace to Bangkok but declined to reveal about the audience.


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