Posts Tagged ‘Bangkok’

July 25 2010

Bangkok explosion wounds 9 people

An explosion wounded four people in central Bangkok on Saturday, emergency officials said, but it was unclear what caused the blast and if it was related to a closely watched special election in the Thai capital.

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July 25 2010

Central Bangkok explosion wounds 8 people, officials say

An explosion wounded four people in central Bangkok on Saturday, emergency officials said, but it was unclear what caused the blast and if it was related to a closely watched special election in the Thai capital.

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May 21 2010

Peace restored, anger still burns in Bangkok

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May 19 2010

Bangkok in flames after army routs protesters

Thai army soldiers stand guard over blindfolded detainees during an operation to evict anti-government Red Shirt protesters from their encampment in Bangkok on Wednesday.Bangkok became a flaming battleground as an army assault forced anti-government protest leaders to surrender, enraging followers who set fire to landmark buildings.


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May 19 2010

Bangkok burns after Thai protest chiefs cave in

Thai army soldiers stand guard over blindfolded detainees during an operation to evict anti-government Red Shirt protesters from their encampment in Bangkok on Wednesday.Bangkok became a flaming battleground as an army assault forced anti-government protest leaders to surrender, enraging followers who set fire to landmark buildings.


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May 19 2010

Thai government: Army retakes Bangkok

Anti-government protesters carry a wounded comrade on Ratchadamri road inside the protesters' camp in downtown Bangkok, Wednesday, May 19.The Thai government claimed that the army has been successful in its initial push to clear a protest zone in central Bangkok.


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May 18 2010

Troops, armored vehicles mass in Bangkok

A Thai armored personnel carrier takes position in front of the Red Shirts protesters camp in Bangkok early Wednesday.Large numbers of Thai troops and armored vehicles have gathered near the fortified encampment of downtown Bangkok occupied by thousands of anti-government protesters.


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May 16 2010

Fear in Bangkok as bullets fly close to home

An anti-government protester throws a tire atop a fire in downtown Bangkok on Sunday.Urban warfare is raging outside luxury high-rises and crumbling shops in Bangkok. Residents — those who haven’t fled — lock themselves inside and hope the violence comes no closer.


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May 16 2010

Thailand abandons plan for Bangkok curfew

Soldiers man a checkpoint on Sunday in downtown Bangkok.Thirty people, all of them civilians, have been killed in four days of street fighting between Red Shirt protesters and troops in Bangkok, Thailand’s emergency medical center says.


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May 16 2010

Thailand to impose curfew in parts of Bangkok

Thai authorities said on Sunday they planned to impose a curfew in parts of Bangkok that have been wracked by clashes between Red Shirt protesters and the army.

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