Thai protest leaders surrender after deadly clashes

Thai protest leaders surrender after deadly clashes

Thai protest leaders surrender after deadly clashes

Posted: 19 May 2010 12:52 AM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Four senior Thai anti-government protest leaders surrendered to police on Wednesday after troops stormed their encampment, sparking clashes that killed at least four people, as violence rocked other areas of the city.


WITNESS - Exxon Valdez spill fresh in Alaskan reporter's life

Posted: 19 May 2010 12:52 AM PDT

Thai protesters calm as battle raged to an end

Posted: 19 May 2010 12:52 AM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - As Thai troops staged a bloody operation to disperse anti-government protesters on Wednesday, thousands of red shirt supporters in a fortified camp appeared calm. Some were eating or sleeping. Others prepared for battle.


Detained Iranian director started hunger strike - website

Posted: 19 May 2010 12:52 AM PDT

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian film director Jafar Panahi has started a hunger strike in prison, his wife told an opposition website on Tuesday.


Bung Moktar gets one month jail for polygamy

Posted: 19 May 2010 12:31 AM PDT

Kinabatangan Member of Parliament Datuk Bung Moktar Radin,51, was today sentenced to one month's jail by Gombak Timur Syariah Lower Court for committing polygamy without the court's permission.

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Teoh inquest: Pornthip not testifying in court

Posted: 19 May 2010 12:23 AM PDT

Thai pathologist Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand will not testify at the Teoh Beng Hock inquest at the Shah Alam Coroner's Court tomorrow.

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Military assault begins to end battle in Thai capital

Posted: 19 May 2010 12:22 AM PDT

BANGKOK, May 19 (Bernama) -– In the wake of the collapse of negotiations for a peaceful settlement, a massive military operation began in the city centre this morning, to rout anti-government protesters and reclaim an area they occupied.

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Priority to solve guard shooting, police urged

Posted: 19 May 2010 12:20 AM PDT

The Regent of Kelantan, Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra, wants police to give priority to solving the case of palace guard Ramli Mohamad, 50, who died from his injuries here today after he was shot by an unknown person on May 1.

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Breached

Posted: 19 May 2010 12:15 AM PDT

A Thai armoured personnel carriers going trhough the barricades of anti-government protestors camp in Bangkok.

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Thai anti-government protest leaders surrender

Posted: 19 May 2010 12:05 AM PDT

BANGKOK, May 19 (AFP) - Thailand's anti-government "Red Shirts" on Wednesday ended their street protest campaign as leaders surrendered to police after a military offensive against their rally base.

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Five dead as Thai army cracks down on protest

Posted: 18 May 2010 11:48 PM PDT

BANGKOK, May 19 (AFP) - The Thai army stormed a vast protest site in Bangkok Wednesday, leaving at least five people dead as armed troops smashed down barricades and clashed with demonstrators.

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Australian police warn teens about Facebook photos

Posted: 18 May 2010 11:45 PM PDT

SYDNEY, May 19 (AFP) - Australian police have warned teenagers about posting photographs of themselves on social networking sites such as Facebook after a young woman was allegedly murdered by an Internet "friend".

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BN must respect the constitution

Posted: 18 May 2010 11:40 PM PDT

Until and unless the BN begins to let itself be guided by the Constitution, it will continue to bleed support.

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Thai protest leaders surrender after deadly clashes

Posted: 19 May 2010 12:03 AM PDT

    BANGKOK, May 19 — Four senior Thai anti-government protest leaders surrendered to police today after troops stormed their encampment, sparking clashes that killed at least four people, as violence rocked other areas of the city. Using armoured vehicles and firing semi-automatic weapons from an overpass, soldiers made an early morning advance ...


Thai army gains partial control of protest camp

Posted: 18 May 2010 11:58 PM PDT

  BANGKOK, May 19 — Thai troops gained partial control of a protest camp in central Bangkok today, using armoured vehicles to break through barricades in an operation that killed at least four people, the Thai News Agency said. Some anti-government "red shirt" leaders have fled the site protesters have been occupying in central Bangkok after ...


Disgruntled U.S. voters take down veteran senator

Posted: 19 May 2010 12:19 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Disenchanted U.S. voters in both parties turned against the establishment on Tuesday, choosing a conservative "Tea Party" newcomer over a handpicked Republican favourite and dumping veteran Democratic Senator Arlen Specter ahead of November's midterm elections.


Thai army gains partial control of protest camp

Posted: 19 May 2010 12:19 AM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai troops gained partial control of a protest camp in central Bangkok on Wednesday, using armoured vehicles to break through barricades in an operation that killed at least four people, the Thai News Agency said.


CORRECTED - Detained Iranian director started hunger strike - website

Posted: 18 May 2010 11:57 PM PDT

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian film director Jafar Panahi has started a hunger strike in prison, his wife told an opposition website on Tuesday.


Four killed, 50 wounded in Bangkok

Posted: 18 May 2010 08:07 PM PDT

BANGKOK, May 19 — Four people were killed and more than 50 wounded in Thai military operations to clear protesters today, the Thai News Agency reported. It also said two journalists were wounded and one Western journalist it identified as an Italian was believed dead. Thai public television reported separately that an Italian journalist was in ...


Northern Peru hit by magnitude 6.0 quake - USGS

Posted: 18 May 2010 11:25 PM PDT

LIMA (Reuters) - A quake of 6.0 magnitude struck Peru late on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey said, but there were no reports of injuries or damages.


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