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Asia
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
The Thai government has extended a state of emergency in 19 provinces, including the capital Bangkok, because of fears of renewed violence. The emergency decree was revoked in five other provinces, after a three-month deadline expired. The law was imposed during mass anti-government protests earlier this year in which 90 people were killed.
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Asia
Sunday, May 23rd, 2010
Businesses and government offices in Bangkok are set to reopen on Monday after a week of disruption caused by anti-government red-shirt protests. PM Abhisit Vejjajiva said the capital was “returning to normalcy”, as residents staged a clean-up drive. Thousands of people used wooden brooms and buckets of water to clear the streets, after violence which [...]
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Travel
Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
The volatility in Thailand should not put you off discovering some of the region’s many other charms, says Natalie Paris. Images this week of violence and killings on the streets of Bangkok – coupled with a hardening of Foreign Office advice not to travel there – will have horrified many British holidaymakers considering a trip [...]
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Asia, Featured
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — The deadly standoff in Bangkok reached boiling point on Wednesday as security forces launched their largest offensive since anti-government protests began and buildings were set ablaze in the Thai capital. At least four people were reported killed as security forces seized control of the the protesters’ Lumpini Park stronghold, prompting several [...]
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World
Saturday, April 10th, 2010
BANGKOK, April 10 (Reuters) – Thai troops fired directly at “red shirt” protesters at a bridge next to the regional U.N. headquarters, wounding at least one in the arm, a Reuters photographer said. The army has been told to “reclaim” a protest site at the nearby Phan Fah bridge in old Bangkok. There were about [...]