Thai leader says no elections for a year (AP)

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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060921/ap_on_re_as/thailand"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060920/capt.sge.plc67.200906225052.photo02.photo.default-512x404.jpg?x=130&y=102&sig=lYHjNqpH3b.UL8DHZ0EoKA--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="Thailand's coup leader, General Sonthi Boonyaratglin answers questions during a press conference at the Army headquarters in Bangkok. Thailand's new military ruler pledged to resign from power in two weeks and restore democracy in a year, after sweeping aside Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a bloodless coup.(AFP/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)" border="0" /></a>AP - Thailand's new military ruler, winning crucial royal backing for his bloodless coup, announced Wednesday that he would not call elections for another year. The U.S. and other Western nations expressed disapproval and urged a swift restoration of democracy.</p><br clear="all"/>

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