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News Source: The independent
| about 1 year ago
The Prime Minister of Thailand was forced to scale a fence and flee in a police helicopter yesterday as thousands of protesters barricaded parliament in the latest twist in the country's seething political turmoil. Riot police fired tear gas in...
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News Source: Japan Today
| about 1 year ago
Thailand’s military agreed Tuesday to deploy hundreds of unarmed soldiers to the streets of Bangkok to help police restore order in the capital after a day of violent clashes between police and protesters that left at least one person dead and 390...
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News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| about 1 year ago
She was caught in one of a series of tear gas attacks near the national parliament building. Most of the injured were protesters struck by shrapnel from tear gas canisters. Last night the police continued to fire tear gas into the crowd in a bid to...
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News Source: Simi Valley - Moorpark Examiner
| about 1 year ago
Thailand suffered its worst political violence in more than 16 years as police battled protesters who besieged the Parliament Tuesday in their struggle to change the country's system of democracy...The army moved into the streets of the capital,...
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News Source: Christian Science Monitor
| about 1 year ago
Thousands of royalist protesters blockaded the Thai Parliament Tuesday, sparking violent clashes with riot police that injured more than 100 people. The unrest marked an escalation of a four-month campaign to oust a government that was elected by...
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News Source: China News
| about 1 year ago
Over 1,000 soldiers from Thai Army and Navy have been dispatched early Tuesday evening to stand by at two kilometers away from the Parliament compound in central Bangkok, where violent clashes between anti-government protesters and police continued.
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News Source: The Nation
| about 1 year ago
wo people are dead and about 400 were injured after a crackdown on protesters at Parliament early yesterday sparked a day of rioting in central Bangkok. The Somchai government's move to use force to clear the way for the prime minister to read its...
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News Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| about 1 year ago
hai riot police clashed with protesters on Tuesday, injuring hundreds of people, as campaigners intensified their four-month bid to unseat the government. (Sukree Sukplang/Reuters) The Thai military ordered unarmed troops to patrol the capital...
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News Source: Simi Valley - Moorpark Examiner
| about 1 year ago
Thai protesters demanding the government resign set fire to cars and threw bottles and metal barricades at police, who used tear gas to break through their blockade around Parliament Tuesday. At least one person was killed and more 350 people were...
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News Source: Washington Post
| about 1 year ago
Police said two officers were injured when a protester fired a handgun at police lines. The day-long confrontation undid weeks of quiet attempts at rapprochement by Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat's government and gave new life to fears that the...