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Article: Roundup: International community reacts to military coup in Thailand
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- September 20, 2006
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Roundup: International community reacts to military coup in
Thailand
BEIJING, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- The sudden, well-orchestrated
bloodless coup in Thailand has sparked criticism, concern, unease and
uncertainty in the international community.
At the United Nations, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on
Tuesday that military coups should not be a practice to be
encouraged, referring to what had happened in Thailand.
The United Nations always supports government changes through
democratic means, through the ballot box, Annan said in an interview
with CNN.
In Washington, the U.S. Department of State on Tuesday said
Thailand should resolve its political differences peacefully.
The United ...