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- Thai army to impose curfew as violence spirals
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| Thai army to impose curfew as violence spirals Posted: 15 May 2010 04:49 PM PDT By Thanaporn Promyamyai UPDATE BANGKOK: Thailand's army said today it would impose a curfew on parts of Bangkok after two days of intense clashes between soldiers and "red shirt" protesters left at least 24 dead and more than 200 wounded. A top protest leader urged the revered king to intervene in the crisis, which has turned areas of the city into no-go zones as troops fire live ammunition at protesters, some of them armed or using slingshots and fireworks.Sporadic gunfire continued to echo around the fringes of the red shirts' sprawling encampment as a swathe of the city was shrouded in black smoke after demonstrators torched piles of tyres in roads. One shop was seen ablaze. "There will be a curfew announcement in some necessary areas and roads in Bangkok so that police and soldiers can differentiate people from terrorists," army spokesman Colonel Sunsern Kaewkumnerd told reporters. The government said schools would stay closed tomorrow because of the unrest. A senior leader of the red shirted protesters called for the intervention of Thailand's king, saying he was the "only hope" for an end to the two-month crisis, which has left more than 50 people dead and 1,600 wounded. "As people in this country, we would like his kindness," Jatuporn Prompan told reporters at the rally site, where thousands of protesters were camped out. "I believe Thais will feel the same, that His Majesty is our only hope." King Bhumibol Adulyadej chastised both the military and protest leaders during a 1992 uprising, effectively bringing the violence to an end. But the 82-year-old monarch has been hospitalised since September and has avoided commenting directly on the current crisis in public. No turning back All of the fatalities in recent days have been civilians. The military yesterday declared a "live fire zone" in one area where a foreign witness said he earlier saw troops fire towards a group of red shirts advancing with a Thai flag. Three bodies were later seen on the ground. On the fringes of the protesters' vast encampment, smoke rose from two areas where troops and demonstrators clashed yesterday, close to a diplomatic district and a night market that was popular with foreigners. Flames rose from a bridge and intermittent explosions, likely firecrackers launched by the demonstrators, sounded around streets strewn with debris. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva vowed there would be no turning back on the government's policy of sealing the protesters inside their fortified camp. "Your rally has been used by terrorists. It's not a rally for democracy," he said in his regular Sunday television address. The reds have been seeking an end to Abhisit's government, calling it elitist and undemocratic because it came to power in a 2008 parliamentary vote after a court ruling ousted elected allies of their hero, former premier Thaksin Shinawatra. Protesters have turned a large area of Bangkok into a virtual state within a state, crippling a retail and hotel district and disrupting daily life for residents in the city of 12 million people. Against a military armed with assault rifles, the protesters have fought back with homemade weapons including fireworks, rockets, slingshots, and burning tyres. - AFP
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| Thailand protesters defy PM vow Posted: 16 May 2010 12:41 AM PDT Reports from Thailand say anti-government protests have spread to other parts of the capital Bangkok, in defiance of the continuing military operation against the demonstrators.
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| Posted: 15 May 2010 10:40 PM PDT From the humble beginnings of a small family business Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al Madani now counts Dubai's Royal Family amongst his customers.
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| Threat of lion cull over 'cattle money' Posted: 16 May 2010 12:26 AM PDT Conservationists in Kenya have warned that the country's endangered population of lions could be wiped out unless the authorities start paying cattle herders in the area more money.
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| Thai protesters defiant, more fighting feared Posted: 16 May 2010 12:46 AM PDT BANGKOK (Reuters) - The Thai government threatened on Sunday to impose a curfew in Bangkok after three days of fighting that has killed at least 24 people and spiralled into chaotic urban warfare, with both sides calling for reinforcements.
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| French woman flying home after Iran trial - France Posted: 16 May 2010 12:46 AM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - French teacher Clotilde Reiss is being flown back to France on Sunday after the end of her trial in Iran on spying charges, President Nicolas Sarkozy's office said.
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| New York City police probing suspicious vehicle Posted: 16 May 2010 12:46 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York City police are investigating a suspicious vehicle "causing some concerns in the Union Square area," ABC News reported.
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| French academic freed from Iran Posted: 15 May 2010 09:37 PM PDT PARIS – Clotilde Reiss, the French academic arrested and held in Iran since last July has been released and is on the way home, the French president's office announced Sunday.  "The President of the Republic will receive her and her family at
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| H. Kong holds polls in test for democracy camp Posted: 15 May 2010 03:14 PM PDT HONG KONG – Hong Kong on Sunday held by-elections triggered by pro-democracy lawmakers seeking to pressure Beijing into speeding up the pace of electoral reform in the territory.
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| Brazil's Lula in Iran for nuclear talks Posted: 15 May 2010 12:57 PM PDT TEHRAN – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was in Iran on Sunday for a nuclear summit that major powers have said might prove to be Tehran's last chance to avoid new UN sanctions.
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| Arson attack on house of Swede cartoonist Posted: 15 May 2010 08:58 AM PDT STOCKHOLM – The house of Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, who sparked controversy by drawing the Prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog, was targeted in an arson attack overnight, police said Saturday.  "The damage is rather minor, part of the front is blackened
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| Thai army to impose curfew as violence spirals Posted: 15 May 2010 11:51 PM PDT BANGKOK, May 16 (AFP) -- Thailand's army said Sunday it would impose a curfew on parts of Bangkok after two days of intense clashes between soldiers and "Red Shirt" protesters left at least 24 dead and more than 200 wounded.
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| French academic freed from Iran, heading home Posted: 15 May 2010 11:48 PM PDT PARIS, May 16 (AFP) -- Clotilde Reiss, the French academic arrested and held in Iran since last July has been released and is on the way home, the French president's office announced Sunday.
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| Thai king 'only hope' for end to crisis: protest leader Posted: 15 May 2010 11:47 PM PDT BANGKOK, May 16 (AFP) -- Thailand's revered king is the "only hope" for an end to a wave of deadly violence in the capital, a top protest leader said Sunday.
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| Posted: 15 May 2010 11:21 PM PDT A total of 23,103 or 42 percent of the registered voters cast their votes in the Sibu by-election as of 1pm today, according to the Election Commission (EC).
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| Thai govt warns of curfew in Bangkok Posted: 15 May 2010 11:20 PM PDT BANGKOK, May 16 (Bernama) -- As the death toll rose to 24 and 200 more people were injured following the four-day battle between troops and anti-government protesters, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said today the government might announce a curfew in this Thai capital.
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| Posted: 15 May 2010 10:37 PM PDT A poppy field in full bloom at the Showa Memorial Park in Tachikawa, suburban Tokyo.
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| Posted: 15 May 2010 09:51 PM PDT A total of 15,767 or 28.8 percent of the 52,158 voters in Sibu have cast their votes as at 11 a.m. in today's by-election in the parliamentary constituency.
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| Posted: 15 May 2010 09:41 PM PDT Italian-US artist Arturo Di Modica's Charging Bull statue being unveiled at the Bund in Shanghai.
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| Shanghai unveils 'stronger' version of Wall Street bull Posted: 15 May 2010 09:17 PM PDT SHANGHAI, May 16 (AFP) -- Shanghai unveiled a new landmark on its Bund waterfront over the weekend, a bronze bull sculpture inspired by Wall Street's "Charging Bull" representing China's rising financial ambitions.
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