Thai caretaker PM "narrowly escaped assassination"      BANGKOK, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said he narrowly escaped an assassination attempt Thursday, after police defused explosives in a car roaming near his residence in southern Bangkok in the morning and detained two suspects said to belong to a Thai army institution.

Thai Police defuse bomb near residence of prime minister     BANGKOK, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Thai Police explosive experts defused a bomb hidden in a car near the residence of caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and detained a suspect Thursday, police said.

Thaksin yet to decide on political future     BANGKOK, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Tuesday that he has not yet made a final decision on his political future. "I still don't know whether I should retire from politics by the end of this year, or continue my political work in coming years," he said.

Anti-Thaksin group threatens to stage big protest     BANGKOK, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- The People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) of Thailand Tuesday demanded the police to take immediate investigation and arrest those who involved in the Monday clash between prime minister's supporters and opponents.

Senator's relative shot injured in Thai South     BANGKOK, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The younger sister of a provincial senator was shot injured by unidentified gunmen in Thai southernmost province of Narathiwat early Tuesday morning, a military official told Xinhua.

New alliance launched to against Thaksin     BANGKOK, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Presenting itself as a peaceful social movement against Thai premier's prevailing political, social and economic policies, so-called "Thaksinocracy," a new civil society group has announced its mission to mobilize social sanctions against the supporters of the caretaker prime minister's policies -- without going to the streets.