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BANGKOK - THAI Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej won a vote of no-confidence in Parliament on Friday.
Mr Samak, who took over from a military-run administration four months ago, gained a simple majority of MPs in an electronic ballot.
'There are 442 MPs attending today's meeting. One hundred and sixty-two voted against Samak and 280 voted to support Prime Minister Samak,' House Speaker Chai Chidchob told Parliament.
'Therefore Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej can continue his premiership.'
Votes on seven other cabinet ministers are expected later on Friday morning.
The vote follows three days of debate in which Samak was grilled by opposition MPs accusing him of mismanaging government. -- AFP
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