Top Thai court ousts PM Somchai

A Thai court has ruled that PM Somchai Wongsawat must step down over election fraud, a ruling he has accepted. His governing People Power Party and two of its coalition partners have been ordered to disband and the parties' leaders have been barred from politics. But it is unclear if the ruling ends a months-long political crisis, since other coalition MPs have vowed to form another government under a new name. Protesters at Don Mueang and at Bangkok's main Suvarnabhumi international airport, who have brought the country's tourist industry to a standstill, cheered when they heard the news about the constitutional court's ruling.