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BANGKOK, Thailand — Opposition-party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva won a majority of votes in Parliament today and was expected to be named Thailand’s next prime minister.
The Oxford-educated politician, who heads the Democrat Party, gathered 233 votes against 197 by former national police chief Pracha Promnok, a loyalist of exiled Prime Mininster Thaksin Shinawatra.
The lower house vote followed months of instability caused by anti-government demonstrations that culminated late last month with a weeklong takeover of Bangkok’s two airports.
