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From a New Mandala reader: The attached series of photographs was taken on Saturday evening April 17th around 10PM in and around the Central Bangkok/Rajprasong main demonstration site for the Red Shirt protests. There is nothing “spectacular” or particularly… Read full story > > > Written by: Andrew Walker. Discovered by: ThaiBlogSearch.com
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Tottenham Hotspur breathed fresh life into the English Premier League title race with a 2-1 win over leaders Chelsea on a dramatic day of top-flight action in England on Saturday.
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Millions of people faced worsening travel chaos Saturday as a volcanic ash cloud from Iceland moved further south and east, forcing European countries to extend flight bans into next week.
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PHNOM PENH : Cambodian and Thai troops exchanged fire briefly on their border on Saturday, officials from both countries said.
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Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban is still in charge as the head of the Centre for the Resolution of Emergency Situations, CRES spokesman Col Sansern Kaewkamnerd affirmed on Saturday afternoon.
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Red shirt leaders said Saturday they would surrender to police next month, but refused to end their rally in the capital's commercial heartland.
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The government's Erawan emergency centre reported that 276 people injured in last Saturday's clashes between anti-government protesters and soldiers are still in hospitals. 17 of them in intensive care units.
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Bangkok Post and Thairath published autopsies of victicms of the 10 April incidents. Autopsies on 11 victims of the violence on Saturday night revealed nine red-shirt demonstrators were killed by high velocity bullets to the head or chest, an independent committee announced on Monday afternoon. No details were given of the bullet calibre or...
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Scholars and activists were split over who is to blame and what to do about the bloodbath on Saturday, but they generally believed the crackdown should end and there should be an early House dissolution
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Autopsies on 11 victims of the violence on Saturday night revealed nine were killed by high velocity bullets to their heads or chests, an independent committee announced on Monday afternoon.
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At least nine people were reported killed in bloody clashes between government troops and the red shirts of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) on Ratchadamnoen avenue early Saturday night.
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At least five people were reported killed in bloody clashes between government troops and the red shirts of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) on Ratchadamnoen avenue early Saturday night.
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The Government House was attacked with an M79 grenade at about 8.10pm and caused damage, Prime Minister's Office Minister Sathit Wongnongtoey posted in his twitter message on Saturday night.
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More people were injured in a clash on Saturday between troops and red-shirted protesters at Khok Wua intersection on Ratchadamnoen avenue, adding up the number of wounded to 140, police reported.
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Hundreds of red-shirts massed outside a provincial hall in Chiang Mai province on Saturday chanting anti-government slogans, after clashes in the capital, officials said.
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BANGKOK - Thai soldiers used water cannon Saturday to disperse about 200 anti-government protesters who surrounded a military base in the capital, the scene of weeks of mass rallies, an army spokesman said.
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BANGKOK - Thailand's beleaguered premier faced mounting pressure Saturday to end almost one month of mass protests as doubts grew about whether he has the full support of the powerful military.
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AP with the basics of what happened on Saturday late morning and early afternoon: Thousands of anti-government protesters launched their fourth weekend demonstration in the Thai capital Saturday, groping for tactics that have yet to force the prime minister to dissolve Parliament and call new elections.The mainly poor, rural Thais that make up the...
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Thousands of anti-government protesters launched their fourth weekend demonstration in the Thai capital Saturday, groping for tactics that have yet to force the prime minister to dissolve Parliament and call new elections. The...
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Siam Paragon - Bangkok's upscale shopping mall - said it had lost sales totalling 60 to 70 million baht due to the occupation of Ratchaprasong intersection by the anti-government protesters on Saturday.
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Suvarnabhumi Airport authorities have intensified its security after red shirts protesters hold their mass rallies by besieging the heart of the capital. The airport which was seized by the yellow shirts protesters in late 2008 on Saturday issued a statement that it has strengthened the security at the airport. The anti-government protesters marched...
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Businesses stand to lose two or three hundred million baht in revenue today because of the anti-government rally blocking Ratchaprasong intersection, Thanawat Polwichai, director of the Economic and Business Broadcasting Centre at the University of Thai Chamber of Commerce, said on Saturday.
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Ratchaprasong intersection was totally blocked before noon on Saturday as red-shirt protesters converged on the intersection and refused to give way to vehicles.
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The Centre for Administration of Peace and Order (CAPO) estimated that 60,000 people were taking part in the red-shirt protest in the capital on Saturday, spokesman Col Sansern Kaewkamnerd said.
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About 12,400 car sales were booked over the past nine days of the Bangkok International Motor Show at Bi-Tech Bangna, Jaturon Komolmit, vice chairman of the organising committee, said on Saturday.
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The government is confident it will be able to keep Saturday's rally by the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) under control, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Friday.
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There will be a birthday party this Saturday Night at the Mango. A pretty modest affair. We have some newcomers to the Mango that will be sponsoring a keg of Tiger Pints at 20 baht each. The Tiger Keg is about 30 Pints so essentially a round or two of 20 baht Pints...
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Forty-five companies of police will be deployed to maintain peace and order during the red-shirt rally on Saturday, Piya Uthayo, spokesman for the Metropolitan Police Bureau, said on Thursday.
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Frank Lampard scored four goals as Chelsea went top of the English Premier League with a 7-1 thrashing of Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
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Champions Manchester United restored their one-point lead at the top of the English Premier League with a 4-0 win at Bolton on Saturday, responding perfectly to Chelsea's 7-1 mauling of Aston Villa.
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