Thai PM to shuffle cabinet

Thailand's prime minister Friday pushed a possible Cabinet shake up to shore up a coalition government shaken by a no-confidence vote this week and a forcible army crackdown on anti-government protesters.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva also planned his first foreign trip since the crackdown last month, a trip Sunday to an economic forum in Vietnam where he will try to restore investor and tourist confidence in Thailand's stability.
Nearly 90 people were killed and some 1,800 injured in violence related to two months of protests by Red Shirt demonstrators demanding that Abhisit call an early election.
As troops cracked down on May 19, angry protesters put more than 30 buildings around the capital to the torch, including the country's largest shopping mall and the stock exchange.
The Cabinet ministers who were targeted in the no-confidence motions easily won the votes after the opposition accused the government of excessive use of force in suppressing the protest and of corruption.