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| Southeast Asia |
| Thailand's Red Shirts stage new protest in Bangkok |
| 2010-08-01 |
| Several hundred Red Shirt protesters defied a state of emergency in the Thai capital to stage a symbolic protest Sunday, with hundreds of people sprawling on the ground and chanting, "People died here!" "Toxin's latest pay-for-protest check came in" Everything's paid for in Thailand according to the blog Besoeker referred us to recently. The demonstration at the city's Democracy Monument was peaceful, but it was the latest sign of Rolling clashes between troops and Red Shirts killed 90 people - mostly protesters shot by soldiers - and injured more than 1,400 in the demonstrations' final weeks. well, at least they've been peaceful protests... Two grenades have exploded in Bangkok over the past week, killing one bystander and wounding 11. There have been no claims of responsibility but both are presumed linked to ongoing political tensions. Thai Media reported Sunday that an unexploded grenade was found in a sewer on the grounds of the prime minister's office compound over the weekend. or not... |
| Posted by:Frank G |