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An armed Thai soldier is reflected in a puddle as he guards a road near a pro-government demonstration site on the outskirts of Bangkok. Thailand's army chief Gen. Prayuth Chan-Ocha assumed the role of mediator Wednesday by summoning the country's key political rivals for face-to-face talks one day after imposing martial law. (Associated Press photographs)

Thai army chief assumes role as mediator in political crisis

By Richard S. Ehrlich — Special to The Washington Times

Vietnam's Nguyen Thi Nguyet , left, vies for the ball with Thailand's Pikul Khueanpet, during their AFC Women's Asian Cup soccer match at Thong Nhat Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Thailand won 2-1. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Thailand joins Asian qualifiers for Women’s WCup

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A Thai soldier looks at a motorcyclist riding past while providing security near the pro-government demonstration site on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Thailand began its second day under martial law Wednesday with little visible military presence on the streets of Bangkok as residents tried to make sense of the dramatic turn of events after six months of anti-government protests and political turmoil. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

News Guide: Thailand under martial law for 2nd day

By JOCELYN GECKER - Associated Press

A Buddhist monk walks past a Thai soldier who provides security near the pro-government demonstration site on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Thailand began its second day under martial law Wednesday with little visible military presence on the streets of Bangkok as residents tried to make sense of the dramatic turn of events after six months of anti-government protests and political turmoil. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

Thai army chief assumes role as crisis mediator

By THANYARAT DOKSONE and JOCELYN GECKER - Associated Press

A Thai soldier jumps off a military truck after arriving at a pro-government rally site on the outskirts of Bangkok Tuesday. Thailand's army declared martial law before dawn Tuesday in a surprise announcement it said was aimed at keeping the country stable. (Associated Press)

Thai general says Bangkok martial law is not 2nd coup

By Richard S. Ehrlich — Special to The Washington Times

A Thai soldier stands guard outside the Thai police headquarters Tuesday, May 20, 2014, in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand's army declared martial law before dawn Tuesday in a surprise announcement it said was aimed at keeping the country stable after six months of sometimes violent political unrest. The military, however, denied a coup d'etat was underway. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thailand’s army declares martial law, denies coup

By Thanyarat Doksone and Todd Pitman - Associated Press

A Thai soldier mans his machine gun atop a military vehicle outside the Centre for the Administration of Peace and Order (CAPO) after soldiers were sent in the center Tuesday, May 20, 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand's army declared martial law in a surprise announcement before dawn Tuesday that it said was aimed at keeping the country stable after six months of sometimes violent political unrest. The military, however, denied a coup d'etat was underway. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

Thailand’s army declares martial law, denies coup

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US confident Thai military won’t resort to coup

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Lowell man writes of genocide in native Cambodia

By HIROKO SATO - Associated Press

Lt. Gov. Reynolds plans trade mission to Thailand

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A woman takes picture in front of messages board for the passengers aboard a missing Malaysia Airlines plane at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, Wednesday, March 19, 2014. New radar data from Thailand gave Malaysian investigators more potential clues Wednesday for how to retrace the course of the missing Malaysian airliner, while a massive multinational search unfolded in an area the size of Australia. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Thai radar adds possible clue to trace jet’s route

By Chris Brummitt and Thanyarat Doksone - Associated Press

Passengers walk to check in at Malaysia Airlines counters at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, Tuesday, March 18, 2014. Checks into the background of all the Chinese nationals on board the missing Malaysian jetliner have uncovered no links to terrorism, the Chinese ambassador in Kuala Lumpur said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)

Plane search spreads through Australia-sized zone

By CHRIS BRUMMITT and THANYARAT DOKSONE - Associated Press

In this March 12, 2014 photo, Italian Luigi Maraldi whose stolen passport was used by a passenger boarding a missing Malaysia Airlines plane, shows his passport as he speaks to a reporter at Phuket police station in Phuket province, southern Thailand. Maraldi lost his passport when he hired a motorbike on Phuket last year. When he returned to the shop to retrieve his passport, he was told it had been given away to someone who looked just like him. His passport, along with another stolen in Phuket two years earlier, was used to board the ill-fated flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing undetected, revealing startling shortcomings in the security of international travel. Interpol said it maintains a global database of 40 million lost or stolen travel documents. The organization said only a handful of countries actually check the database before allowing passengers to board international flights. Malaysia and Thailand are not among them. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Missing plane throws spotlight on passport theft

By THANYARAT DOKSONE - Associated Press

Thai Buddhists offer prayers at a temple in Chinatown Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011, in Bangkok, Thailand. Feb. 3, 2011, marks the start of the Chinese New Year, the year of the rabbit. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)

Muslim insurgents shoot then set on fire Buddhist teacher in Thailand

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Vietnamese Air Force Col. Pham Minh Tuan uses binoculars on board a flying aircraft during a mission to search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in the Gulf of Thailand over the location where Chinese satellite images showed possible debris from the missing Malaysian jetliner, Thursday, March 13, 2014. (AP Photo)

Details on ships, planes searching for missing jet

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

In this photo released by The Royal Malaysian Navy, a Royal Malaysian Navy Fennec helicopter prepares to depart to aid in the search and rescue efforts for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane over the Straits of Malacca, Malaysia, Thursday, March 13, 2014. Planes sent Thursday to check the spot where Chinese satellite images showed possible debris from the missing Malaysian jetliner found nothing, Malaysia's civil aviation chief said, deflating the latest lead in the six-day hunt. The hunt for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 has been punctuated by false leads since it disappeared with 239 people aboard about an hour after leaving Kuala Lumpur for Beijing early Saturday. (AP Photo/The Royal Malaysian Navy)

Details on ships, planes searching for missing jet

By Eric Talmadge - Associated Press

A Chinese relative of passengers aboard a missing Malaysia Airlines plane is surrounded by media as she answers questions about how families are being compensated outside a hotel room set aside for relatives or friends of passengers aboard the missing airplane in Beijing, China Tuesday, March 11, 2014. Authorities hunting for the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner expanded their search on land and sea Tuesday, reflecting the difficulties in finding traces of the Boeing 777 more than three days after it vanished with 239 people on board. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Man with stolen passport on missing jet is asylum seeker

By Chris Brummitt and Minh V. Tranh - Associated Press

Indonesian navy pilots are part of an effort involving 40 ships and 34 aircraft from nine countries searching for a Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777. In the information age, the thought that a jetliner could simply disappear is staggering. (Associated Press)

Missing Malaysian airliner: ‘There isn’t anything that isn’t strange about this’

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times