Standoff ... troops seized Bangkok's Government House overnight, with soldiers ordering police inside the building to lay down their arms / Reuters

Standoff ... troops seized Bangkok's Government House overnight, with soldiers ordering police inside the building to lay down their arms / Reuters

Military seizes power in Thailand

08:03am: THE Thai army has seized control of Bangkok without a shot being fired and dismissed absent Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra while promising to eventually hold elections.