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| Top Thai court bans ruling party | |
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| Thailand's constitutional court has dissolved the governing People Power Party (PPP) saying there had been vote fraud during the last election. | Thailand's constitutional court has dissolved the governing People Power Party (PPP) saying there had been vote fraud during the last election. |
| The party's leaders, including Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat, were also banned from politics for five years. | The party's leaders, including Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat, were also banned from politics for five years. |
| But, under the constitution most of its MPs can keep their seats under another party name, and should be able to form another government, correspondents say. | But, under the constitution most of its MPs can keep their seats under another party name, and should be able to form another government, correspondents say. |
| Earlier, an anti-government protester was killed at a Bangkok airport. | Earlier, an anti-government protester was killed at a Bangkok airport. |
| Local television reported that a grenade had been fired at Don Mueang airport, the capital's domestic hub, which has been occupied by the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) since last week. | |
| The PAD accuses Mr Somchai's government of being corrupt and hostile to the much-revered monarchy, and demands they resign. | |
| They also accuse him of being a proxy of his brother-in-law, exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. |