A top economics aide to Thailand’s deposed prime minister has quit his new job with the military-backed government after protests. Somkid Jatusripitak stepped down less than a week after he was given the job of explaining the government’s new “sufficiency economy” policy. He said he was quitting in the interests of national unity. Opponents of ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra, ousted in a September coup, threatened street protests over the appointment. Full Story