<p>BANGKOK - Thailand's prime minister and the country's Election Commission agreed on Wednesday to hold new election in July despite the opposition's reluctance to say whether it will take part after boycotting a February poll that was later annulled.</p><p>"The prime minister and the Election Commission agree on a July 20 election," Mr Puchong Nutrawong, secretary-general of the commission, told reporters.</p><p>Thailand has been in crisis since November and protesters disrupted the February election, which Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's party had been expected to win.</p><p>Her government faces a series of legal challenges and she risks being removed by the courts next month.</p><div class="embed">[[nid:87536]]</div><div class="embed"><div class="embed">[[nid:81859]]</div></div>

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BANGKOK - Thailand's prime minister and the country's Election Commission agreed on Wednesday to hold new election in July despite the opposition's reluctance to say whether it will take part after boycotting a February poll that was later annulled. "The prime minister and the Election Commission agree on a July 20 election," Mr Puchong Nutrawong, secretary-general of the commission, told...

Thai PM, Election Commission agree to hold new election