By Kathy Marks TROOPS WERE back on the streets of Bangkok yesterday, two years after Thailand was plunged into turmoil by a military coup. But in a twist typical of labyrinthine Thai politics, the soldiers were summoned by the man who most fears an army takeover.

By Grant Peck Associated Press BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thai police fired tear gas at thousands of right-wing protesters besieging their headquarters Friday, while demonstrators outside the capital disrupted air and rail service in a growing campaign to unseat the prime minister.

By Ambika Ahuja, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BANGKOK, Thailand - China supporters and pro-Tibet demonstrators heckled each other Saturday as thousands of people followed the Olympic torch through Bangkok's sweltering streets amid tight security.

By Stanley A. Weiss The dramatic return to Thailand of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra - after 17 months of self-imposed exile following a bloodless military coup - marks the next round in the bare-knuckled free-for-all that characterizes this country's deeply polarized politics.

By Dunn, Philip Curtis J. Schroeder is an American hospital CEO who happens to live in Bangkok.