'Everyone sit still' - Thai general calmly declares his coup

By Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Pracha Hariraksapitak BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's army chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha gathered the leaders of pro- and anti-government protests for a closed-door meeting on Thursday in a last-ditch bid to break the political deadlock that has dragged on the country for six months. After about an hour of talks between factions at Bangkok's Army Club, the general ran out of patience. "As we cannot find a way to bring the country to peace and no one will back down, I would like to announce that I will take power," he calmly told those in the room, according to an electoral commissioner who was at the talks. "Everyone must sit still."...