BANGKOK - Thailand's new ruling generals said Wednesday they would name a new prime minister this weekend as they pressed ahead with plans to revamp the nation a week after seizing power in a bloodless coup.
A popular retired general and a former head of the World Trade Organization emerged as the front-runners to replace Thaksin Shinawatra, the billionaire tycoon toppled by the military and now living in exile in London.
Coup leader General Sonthi Boonyaratglin would meet Thailand's revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who approved of Thaksin's ouster, to present the draft of a new national constitution on Saturday, a spokesman said.
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Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Thailand military vows new PM this weekend
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