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New Thai government says army chief to keep post Sin Chew Jit Poh 10.08.2011 | Red Shirts miss out as Thai PM picks cabinetLindsay Murdoch The Sydney Morning Herald 10.08.2011 |
 Thailand's new defence minister said Wednesday there was no plan to sack the army chief, who played a key role in a deadly military crackdown on opposition protests in Bangkok last year. |  Thailand's first woman prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, has left controversial leaders of the Red Shirt protest movement out of her first cabinet, avoiding political confrontation in the divided nation of 65 million. |
Thailand Will Send Military Personnel To Learn From Malaysia Bernama 10.08.2011 | USS George Washington Strengthens Relationship with Thailand U.S. 7th Fleet 10.08.2011 |
 The Malaysian Armed Forces will impart its knowledge and expertise on border area control to 100 Royal Thai Army (RTA) officers and rank-and-file when the latter arrive at the Bukit Kayu Hitam camp on Sept 9. |  The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) and her crew of 5,500 Sailors arrived in Laem Chabang, Thailand, Aug. 6 for a port visit after 56 days at sea. |
Thai PM Seeks Royal Approval For Cabinet Line-up MCOT 09.08.2011 | THAILAND: North Koreans escape from hunger IRINnews.org 09.08.2011 |
 Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Tuesday said the new cabinet lineup has been submitted to the Office of His Majesty's Principal Private Secretary via the Cabinet secretary-general pending royal endorsement. |  Thailand is fast becoming a transit country for North Koreans fleeing severe food shortages and poverty, authorities say. Thousands now make their way along the more than 5,000km, often-dangerous route, through China and Laos to the kingdom en route to South Korea. Since 2004, when just 46 North Korean asylum seekers were reported by Thailand's Immigration Bureau, the numbers have jumped to nearly 2,500 in 2010. |
Khmer envoy is the first to congratulate Yingluck The Nation 09.08.2011 | Floods kill 17 in northern Thailand Monsters and Critics.com 08.08.2011 |
 You Ay, the Cambodian ambassador to Thailand, on Tuesday became the first foreign envoy to meet and congratulate the newly-endorsed Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. |  Floods triggered by tropical storm Nock-Ten have killed at least 17 people in northern Thailand and damaged about 99,000 hectares of farmland, reports said Sunday. |
Thai King to endorse Yingluck Shinawatra as prime minister on Monday Sin Chew Jit Poh 06.08.2011 | Thailand's flood death toll rises to 13 MCOT 05.08.2011 |
 His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej will endorse the election of Yingluck Shinawatra, as Thailand's 28th and first female Prime Minister on Aug 8 (Monday), Thai House of Representatives Secretary General Pithoon Pumhiran said. |  Thailand’s floods triggered by tropical storm Nock-Ten have killed at least 13 while one person is missing, according to Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department Director-General Wiboon Sanguanpong. |
Thai parliament to choose new PM on Friday - secretariat GMANews.TV 04.08.2011 | |
 Thailand's outgoing Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva will deliver his farewell address to the nation this evening on the performance of his Democrat-led coalition government. |  Thailand's parliament will hold a vote on Friday, Aug. 5, to select a prime minister to lead a new government, a senior official of the lower House of Representatives said. |
Storm kills 7, injures 16 in northern Thailand Kuwait News Agency 04.08.2011 | Abhisit turns 47 The Nation 04.08.2011 |
 Seven people were killed and 16 others were injured due to flooding in northern Thailand caused by the tropical storm of Nock-ten, Thailand Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department reported on Thursday. |  Outgoing Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Wednesday held a religious ceremony to mark his birthday. He turns 47. |
Yingluck: Cabinet 'made in Thailand' Bangkok Post 04.08.2011 | Thai Parliament Opens, Thaksin's Sister Expected to Lead The Chosun Ilbo 02.08.2011 |
 The cabinet lineup is being decided in Thailand without any involvement from overseas by her elder brother, ousted prime minister Thaksin, as was claimed in media reports, prime minister-designate Yingluck Shinawatra said on Thursday. |  Thailand's parliament has opened a new session during which the sister of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is expected to form a new government after five years of political turmoil. |
Thailand to open new parliament AFP 01.08.2011 | |
 The State Railway of Thailand has announced that it will temporarily suspend all north-bound train services after tracks were submerged under floodwaters triggered by the tropical storm Nock-ten, which has since weakened to a low pressure area. |  Thailand's new parliament is to officially open on Monday, faced with the daunting challenge of bringing stability to the kingdom after five years of political turmoil. |
 Unexpected floods have hit many provinces in Thailand’s North and Northeast due to the influence of tropical storm Nock-Ten, with two persons reported missing in Phrae. | |
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