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Mon 12 Dec 2008Thailand's Democrat Party set to govern
THAILAND'S DEMOCRAT Party looks likely to form a government today, with opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva tipped to become the country's third prime minister in four months after the collapse of a government loyal to ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra.
The outcome is unlikely to produce any long-lasting solution to Thailand's three-year political crisis, which has seen Bangkok's royal and military elite come up against the wealthy populist Mr Thaksin who enjoys wide support among the rural poor, especially in the north of Thailand.
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