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Thu, September 21, 2006 : Last updated 18:24 pm (Thai local time)



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Activists, former MP arrested after staging protest

A group of democracy activists led by Chalard Vorachat became the first people to be arrested for defying the Administrative Reform Council's (ARC) order banning political assemblies and gatherings by five or more people.



Updated: Civilian govt in 2 weeks

Administrative Reform Council leader Gen Sonthi Boonyaratglin told foreign diplomats that a civilian government would be appointed to run the country within two weeks and a general election could be carried out by October next year.



International community expresses concern

International community has expressed concern with the bloodless coup, saying the move was a step back for democracy and urged Thailand to return to democracy, as coup leader, Army chief General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, met with Bangkok-based diplomats and the local and internal media to restore confidence.





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PROFILE: GEN SONTHI BOONYARATGLIN
Meteoric rise to POWER

Never one of Thaksin's favourites, Sonthi is known to be softspoken and is respected for his professionalism.






COMMENT
Onus now on coup leaders to restore trust of the people

They proclaimed to be doing it in the name of democracy, to wipe out rampant corruption and to rehabilitate a badly divided nation. Now the coupmakers have to prove their intent. And unlike those before them, the Thai armed forces leaders who seem to have overthrown caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a bloodless coup, have very little time to do so.















Business reaction: Minimal economic impact 'if no violence'
Benefits seen from end to divisiveness, calls for interim govt to be named



Jakarta seeks info on killings


IBM demonstrates the 'Store of the Future' in Bangkok


Thai Airways starts catering test run






ID DOCUMENTS
Emergency order for swipe cards

Cabinet agrees to purchase; BMA out of materials



Lax laundering checks at banks slammed


Panicked parents rush to collect kids from school


Four new routes for Chiang Mai








Thai Yaowapa named as Best Female Athlete
[TAEKWONDO] South Korea won nine gold medals and made a clean weep in the men's and women's teams events yesterday at the Bangkok World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships, while Thai sensation Yaowapa Boorapolchai landed the Best Female Athlete award.



Danthai wins WBC muay Thai world title in England


Bangkok set to win National Games


A win for Tammy






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The troubled South must be supported

All sectors of society must stand by southerners in their struggle against terrorism and insurgency



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Government's duty to protect people's interest must take precedence in megastore debate




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