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Thai soldiers dispatched at Bangkok's central district under the state of emergency, monitor commuters at a skytrain station December 21, 2010. Thailand's government agreed on Tuesday to lift an eight-month state of emergency in Bangkok, citing an improved political climate and a less confrontational approach by anti-government "red shirt" protesters.​

 

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Members of a Thai bomb squad unit patrol past a giant Christmas tree displayed in front of a shopping mall in Bangkok on December 21, 2010. Thailand said it would lift a state of emergency in Bangkok and three neighbouring areas, seven months after a bloody military crackdown on anti-government 'Red Shirt' protests.​

 

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Yingluck Shinawatra​

Thaksin's sister may run for Thai PM
07 January 2011
BANGKOK: A sister of fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra has emerged as a possible opposition candidate for prime minister as elections loom, a party spokesman said Friday.
"Some Puea Thai members are throwing their support behind Yingluck (Shinawatra) as one of the party candidates for prime minister but we have to consult and vote at the party's general meeting," said Pormpong Nopparit.
He said the party would pick their candidate after Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, the leader of the pro-establishment Democrat Party, dissolves parliament, which by law must be done sometime this year.
Sixty-one-year-old Thaksin lives abroad to avoid a jail term for corruption. He remains a deeply divisive figure in Thailand and is wanted on terrorism charges for allegedly inciting anti-government protests in Bangkok last year.
The telecoms tycoon-turned-premier drew wide support from Thailand's rural poor during his time in office but was deposed by a military coup in 2006 and faces allegations of corruption and abuse of power.
He still has many supporters, particularly within the "Red Shirt" opposition movement behind mass street protests in Bangkok in April and May that left more than 90 people dead in clashes between armed troops and demonstrators.

Forty-three-year-old Yingluck is the youngest of Thaksin's siblings. If elected to office, she would be Thailand's first female prime minister.

She is currently executive president of Thai real estate firm SC Asset Corp.
She is also a former president of the mobile telephone unit of Shin Corp., the telecoms giant founded by Thaksin that was at the centre of a tax scandal over the sale of the family's shares in the group in 2006.
"She's very humble and has good human relations, but it's not the time to say that Yingluck would definitely be our choice," said Noppadon Pattama, a Thai-based legal adviser to Thaksin.
Earlier, local news reports said Thaksin, who is currently based in Dubai, had endorsed former commerce minister Mingkwan Saengsuwan to lead the party.
Puea Thai head Yongyuth Wichaidit, a former bureaucrat, is seen by observers as a caretaker leader lacking popular appeal, with Thaksin wielding the real power from his self-imposed exile.

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Yingluck Shinawatra​

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hahaha...she is very chiooo....i will vote for her.

 

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Almost 30,000 Thai 'Red Shirts' rally in Bangkok
By Thanaporn Promyamyai (AFP)

BANGKOK — At least 30,000 Thai "Red Shirts" gathered in Bangkok on Sunday, police said, in their biggest show of strength since a deadly military crackdown on their mass anti-government protest last year.
The demonstrators, clapping and singing in their trademark red clothes, brought traffic to a standstill in parts of the capital as they marched to the upscale shopping district calling for the release of their leaders in jail.
A security force of 1,000 was deployed in the capital for the event -- the Red Shirts' first Bangkok rally since emergency rule was lifted there last month.
Police Major General Piya Utayo of the Metropolitan Police told AFP that 30,000 Reds had gathered, while a special branch police source later said as many as 40,000 people were present at the protest's peak.
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the Red Shirts' hero who was ousted in a military coup in 2006 and lives abroad to escape a jail term for corruption, addressed demonstrators in a ten minute phone-in to the rally.
"I admire you for having strong hearts for democracy. The government's meaning of reconciliation is to chase up people who they can arrest, so that that the Reds will be no more," he told the crowds.
The controversial Thaksin, who draws support among the mainly poor and working class Red Shirts but is hated by the urban elite, said he was making the call from "a plane flying over Europe".

The Red Shirts have vowed to hold rallies twice a month in Bangkok to secure the release of their leaders who were jailed after their protest in April and May last year, which saw more than 90 people killed in clashes with troops.

"I'm doing my best to call for the release of people jailed and to remember those who lost their lives," said Jatuporn Prompan, a lawmaker and one of the senior Red Shirts facing terrorism charges.
Jatuporn, who has been granted bail, said legal experts had told him he could take part in the protest without violating his bail conditions so long as he did not speak to the crowds.
Sunday's rally comes as Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva -- whose term runs out at the end of this year -- announced a new welfare package, which is designed to help low-income groups and address social inequalities.

The Red Shirts' two-month rally last year, which attracted 100,000 people at its peak in support of their demand for immediate elections, was brought to a bloody end on May 19 with a military assault on the group's base.
After the crackdown, a small band of militant protesters set dozens of buildings ablaze across Bangkok, including a glitzy shopping mall.
The group has since staged several rallies in the capital, the last attracting around 10,000 people on December 19, despite a state of emergency banning gatherings of more than five people, which was lifted late last month.

On Saturday a bomb in the Thai northeast, the Red Shirts' heartland, damaged a school named after the king's top aide but caused no injuries.
The bomb damaged the library at the school named after General Prem Tinsulanonda, the head of the king's privy council and a former prime minister whom the Red Shirts believe masterminded the coup that deposed Thaksin.

An intelligence official said the attack seemed designed to cause political unrest.

 

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A boy touches a paper garland as he joins Thai anti-government "red shirt" protesters gathered at Bangkok's shopping district, decorated in red colours January 9, 2011. The protesters marched across Bangkok on Sunday, in the first peaceful and symbolic demonstration since the government lifted an emergency rule in the capital.​

 

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Thousands of anti-government demonstrators marched, saying they learned lessons from the chaotic violence of last year and have a new strategy for the New Year.​

 

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Thai anti-government "red shirt" protesters gather at the shopping district, decorated in red colours, in Bangkok January 9, 2011. The protesters marched across Bangkok on Sunday, in the first peaceful and symbolic. demonstration since the government lifted an emergency rule in the capital.

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A Thai anti-government "red shirt" protester stands in front of riot policemen during a rally at Bangkok's shopping district January 9, 2011​

 

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Thai anti-government Red Shirt leader Jutaporn Prompan, right, smiles as he talks with supporters and the media Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011, in Bangkok, Thailand. Anti-government protesters continue to gather in Bangkok to press their demands​

 

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Thai anti-government "red shirt" protesters ride motorcycles during a rally to Bangkok's shopping district January 9, 2011.​

 

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Thai anti-government "red shirt" protesters holds a banner during a rally to Bangkok's shopping district January 9, 2011. The protesters marched across Bangkok on Sunday, in the first peaceful and symbolic demonstration since the government lifted an emergency rule in the capital.
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Thai anti-government "red shirt" protesters stand in front of policemen during a rally at Bangkok's shopping district January 9, 2011
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Thai anti-government "red shirt" protesters light candles during a rally at Bangkok's shopping district, decorated in red colours January 9, 2011.​

 

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Anti-government ''red shirt'' protesters shout and hold banners during a rally near the Democracy monument, the site of bloody clashes with security forces, in Bangkok January 23, 2011. Thousands of anti-government activists gathered in Bangkok on Sunday to demand the release of their leaders who were detained since the May 2010 crackdown​

 

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A Thai girl dressed in red dances on top of her father's car during a large, peaceful, red shirt rally January 23, 2011 in Bangkok,Thailand. The anti-government red-shirts plan rallies twice a month to commemorate clashes with the military that happened during the April 2009 protest. The Thai government has relaxed restrictions on public gatherings allowing thousands of protestors to gather with police helping to direct traffic.​

 

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Supporters of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) gather outside the Government House in Bangkok January 25, 2011. Police detained five people on Monday evening close to the Government House, the office of the prime minister. The first suspect, who identified himself as a "red shirt" sympathizer, had two home-made bombs in his possession and confessed to plans to stir chaos ahead of the protest by the "yellow shirts" on Tuesday, police said.​

 

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A demonstrator and supporter of the People's Alliance for Democracy, or the Yellow Shirts, listens to speech next to a line of riot police officers chant during the demonstration outside the government house in Bangkok, Thailand Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. Thailand's government faced renewed street protests as the right-wing nationalist group that seized Bangkok's airports two years ago gathered in the capital to pressure the prime minister over a land dispute with Cambodia.​

 

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A demonstrator and supporter of the People's Alliance for Democracy, or the Yellow Shirts, waves a flag during a demonstration outside government house in Bangkok, Thailand Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011.​