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Bangkok protests

Fighting spreads in Thai capital www.reuters.com

by alice_reuters 5/15/2010 3:56:18 PM
NY Times' reporters account of being in the battle zone: www.nytimes.com

by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 5:26:19 AM
(Reuters) Bangkok descends from bustling metropolis to war zone: www.reuters.com

by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 5:26:37 AM
Reuters witnesses: On Rama 4 road, troops and protesters were in a standoff about 500 metres apart as sporadic bursts of gunfires were heard through columns of thick black smoke from burning tyres.

by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 5:27:15 AM
Thai protesters remain defiant, more fighting feared: uk.reuters.com

by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 5:29:52 AM
Slideshow of pictures from Reuters photographers: uk.reuters.com

by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 5:30:33 AM
by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 5:35:55 AM
One of the pictures from the slideshow....

by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 5:38:16 AM
Erawanc Centre's latest numbers: wounded 205, dead 24

by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 5:50:40 AM
A timeline of the twists and turns in Thailand's crisis: uk.reuters.com

by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 5:55:58 AM
BBC: Thai protesters defy a vow from PM to use military to stop the protests news.bbc.co.uk

by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 6:18:48 AM
Reuters video from yesterday: uk.reuters.com

by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 6:27:48 AM
Reuters witnesses: At around 1 p.m. on Rama 4 down to Klong Toey intersection, thousands still scattered in small groups. North of the protest encampment, hundreds still remained with sporadic blasts going
off and gunfire.

by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 6:34:28 AM
Bangkok Post: Bangkok no entry zones declared.... bangkokpost.com

by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 6:55:00 AM
Officials: Civil servants, NGOs and Red Cross looking at persuading women, old people and children to leave from the main protest site in Ratchaprasong from today until 3.pm tomorrow

by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 7:11:14 AM
Reuters: Thai Govt will impose 11pm - 5am curfew from Sunday evening in certain parts of Bangkok - Govt Source

by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 7:25:54 AM
by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 7:26:46 AM
These are the latest pictures from Reuters Photographer Adrees Latif

by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 7:29:40 AM
by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 7:32:07 AM
by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 7:34:06 AM
The pictures show anti-government 'red shirt' protesters on Rama IV on May 16, 2010.

by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 7:36:11 AM
From the BBC, Bangkok violence in pictures news.bbc.co.uk

by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 7:37:25 AM
Curfew to begin in parts of Bangkok from Sunday - source www.reuters.com

by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 7:44:45 AM
Officials: more than 400 schools in Bangkok, supposed to reopen on the 17th, will be closed until May 24

by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 7:54:40 AM
3:17 pm: The Nation newspaper's website quoting Thai TV saying women and kids have moved from Ratchaprasong, the main protest site, to Pratumwanaram temple

by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 8:19:25 AM
3:43 pm: Latest death toll - 25, injured - 215, according to Erawan Medical Centre

by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 8:43:40 AM
3:58 pm: CNN correspondent Dan Rivers saying there is panic buying going on in a supermarket in downtown Bangkok

by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 8:59:42 AM
4:10 pm: A Bangkok resident talked to the BBC about being evacuated from the 'red zone' news.bbc.co.uk

by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 9:11:36 AM
4: 30pm: CNN footage from yesterday showing riots in Bangkok continuing edition.cnn.com

by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 9:31:06 AM
4:55 pm: The Nation newspaper says a local cameraman shot but saved by bulletproof vest www.nationmultimedia.com

by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 9:55:54 AM
5:01 pm: Photos from Reuters cameraman Caren Firouz of protesters on the sidewalks of the 'red shirt' encampment and a soldier manning a checkpoint

by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 10:01:11 AM
by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 10:04:45 AM
by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 10:07:01 AM
5:08pm: Thai army says it will not impose curfew in parts of Bangkok just yet, citing trouble for the public

by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 10:08:11 AM
5:09pm: Bangkok Post says Bangkok's underground and sky train systems to remain closed on Monday www.bangkokpost.com

by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 10:12:20 AM
5:22pm: Thai protest leader told his supporters if the government stops shooting they are ready to negotiate under U.N. supervision.

by AlertNet_Thin edited by william francis tarrant 5/16/2010 10:21:18 AM
5:23pm: The protest leader also said he wants the United Nations to moderate any talks with government

by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 10:23:05 AM
5:28pm: The exact words of Nattawut Saikua, a red shirt leader, "We have no other condition. We do not want any more losses."

by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 10:28:20 AM
5:29pm: He added, ""We want the U.N. to moderate it because we do not trust anyone else. There is no group in Thailand that is neutral enough."

by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 10:28:30 AM
6:05pm: Thai protesters seek talks as fighting rages www.reuters.com

by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 11:06:29 AM
6:23pm: Government spokesperson Panitan Wattanayagorn on Thai TV now

by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 11:23:28 AM
6:24pm: Panitan says Monday and Tuesday will be public holidays and extending the State of Emergency to various provinces up country.

by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 11:25:21 AM
6:28pm: Thai Govt calls for protest leaders to surrender, rejects international mediation to end clashes with protesters

by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 11:28:55 AM
6:34pm: Video from the BBC about red shirt protesters moving to new locations news.bbc.co.uk

by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 11:35:27 AM
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by AlertNet_Thin 5/16/2010 11:38:58 AM

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