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• BANGKOK (AP) -- Thailand's ruling military on Friday summoned the entire ousted government and members of the politically influential family at the heart of the country's long-running conflict, a day after it seized control of this volatile Southeast Asian nation in a non-violent coup.
• There was virtually no military presence on Bangkok's streets, which were less crowded than usual but still filled with vendors and people heading to work after a 10 p.m. - 5 a.m. curfew the night before. There were no reports of overnight violence.
• Countries including the United States, Japan and Australia expressed concern and disappointment over the coup, with the U.S. saying there was "no justification" for the takeover, Thailand's second in eight years.
• It was unclear why more than 100 people -- including the ousted prime minister and several members of the influential Shinawatra family -- were ordered to report to the army, which said it was summoning the high-profile figures "to keep peace and order and solve the country's problems."
• Former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, sacked earlier this month for nepotism by the Constitutional Court, and her temporary replacement Niwattumrong Boonsongpaisan, arrived at an army compound in Bangkok by midday Friday, Yingluck's aide confirmed. After about 30 minutes, Yingluck left the facility and was taken to another army location by soldiers, the aide said.
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• BEIRUT (AP) -- A mortar shell struck an election gathering in southern Syria for President Bashar Assad, killing a number of people, state media and opposition activists reported Friday.
• Assad, rarely seen in public since the start of Syria's 3-year-old conflict, has not been seen campaigning since he announced his candidacy last month and was not at the gathering in the southern city of Daraa, where the uprising against his rule began. More than 160,000 people have been killed in the fighting as the revolt

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