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Opposition, coalition parties in Thailand to form govt
(Xinhua/Agencies)
Updated: 2008-12-07 14:36

Members of five political parties and one faction, including Democrat Party's secretary-general Suthep Thaugsuban (C), join hands after forming a new coalition which hopes to create Thailand's next government, during a press conference in Bangkok on December 6, 2008. Thailand's opposition Democrat Party said on Saturday that several parties in the ruling coalition would switch sides and for a government with it, but it was far from clear that horse-trading had finished. [Agencies]