Thailand's caretaker government has cancelled a special parliamentary session to choose a successor to Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat who was banned from politics for election fraud earlier this week.
A government spokesman said Monday's planned session would be postponed indefinitely. A court ruling to oust Somchai and ban his ruling party effectively led to the termination of large scale opposition protests that brought Bangkok's two main airports to a complete standstill. Anti-government protestors have threatened new blockades if the Thailand's international airport closed as protestors storm the building ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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