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Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/19
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Thailand's antigovernment red shirts gear up for elections
Tens of thousands of Thailand's antigovernment 'red-shirt' protesters took to Bangkok's streets over the weekend demanding democracy and promising to keep up the pressure as Thailand turns toward elections this year.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 11/19
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Bomb wounds nine in wake of Thailand election
A bomb at a bus stop in Bangkok wounded nine Sunday, shortly after polls closed in the Thailand election in which former deputy city mayor Panich Vikitsareth beat off a challenge from a jailed opposition leader.
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Thailand cites plots against king for clampdown on red-shirt dissent
Thailand’s government accuses the red-shirt opposition of trying to topple revered King Bhumibol. Critics argue it’s using the monarchy – and strict laws against defaming it – as an excuse to crack down.
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Thailand's red shirts and yellow shirts battle it out on Facebook
Facebook and other social networking sites are popular tools for Thailand's political yellow shirts, and to a lesser extent their red shirt opponents, in the Thai season of political turmoil. But the sites are amplifying social divisions, say some Thais.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 05/23
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Bangkok smolders day after crackdown on red-shirt protesters
Sporadic violence flared in Thailand Thursday as more red-shirt protesters left their camp in Bangkok, two more leaders surrendered, and a curfew was extended until Sunday.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 05/19
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Clashes, fires roil Bangkok despite red-shirt protest leaders' surrender
Protesters burned buildings around Bangkok Wednesday even after troops overran the red-shirt camp and their leaders surrendered. Clashes left five people dead.
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Thailand protests: Red shirts defy deadline to disperse
Amid intensifying Thailand protests, antigovernment 'red shirt' demonstrators ignored a deadline Monday to leave their fortified downtown Bangkok camp, now ringed by troops.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 05/16
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Thailand protests: Government rejects red-shirt leaders' call for UN cease-fire
More than 29 people have died since Thursday night in clashes between troops and antigovernment 'red-shirt' protesters. Leaders of the Thailand protests are calling for UN intervention, which the government so far rejects.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 05/14
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Clashes with red shirt protesters create 'war zone' in downtown Bangkok
Red shirt protesters clashed with Bangkok police after a renegade general who supported the opposition was shot Thursday. Two months of violence have now killed 34 people.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 05/13
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Thai general shot while aiding red shirt protesters
Renegade Thai general Khattiya Sawasdipol, suspended from duty for his sympathies toward red shirt protesters, had been helping them secure a protest site. Some red shirts had begun to disavow him.
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For some, Thailand's red-shirt protests amplify calls for justice
Though Thailand’s red-shirt protests are dismissed by some as a political ploy by former Thaksin Shinawatra, they have also tapped into desires in the rural northeast for economic and social justice.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 05/07
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Thai red shirts refuse to back down despite PM's reconciliation plan
Thai red shirt protesters met with Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Tuesday, who offered to hold parliamentary elections in November. Protest leaders say they will not end their Bangkok occupation unless elections are held by September.
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