Thailand's ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra indicted for defaming monarchy
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Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was granted release on bail hours after he was formally indicted Tuesday on a charge of defaming the country's monarchy in one of several court cases that have unsteadied Thai politics.