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Members of the pro-government red shirt movement face riot police outside the offices of the National Anti-Corruption Commission in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok March 24, 2014. (Reuters/Chaiwat Subprasom)


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a Thai police officer inspecting a pile of blood after an attack on anti-government protesters at a noodle stall near their rally stage in Khao Saming district, Trat province, Thailand (EPA/STR Thailand)


Girl killed, dozens hurt in attack on Thai protest

Girl killed, dozens hurt in attack on Thai protest

Bangkok, AP—Gunmen in a pickup truck attacked an anti-government protest in eastern Thailand, killing a child and wounding dozens of other people, as violence in the country’s 3-month-old political crisis spread outside the capital, officials said Sunday. The...
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Heavily armed Thai policemen secure the area after a bomb blast near their colleagues during a clash with anti-government protesters Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)


Thai police clash with protesters, leaving 4 dead

Thai police clash with protesters, leaving 4 dead

Bangkok, Associated Press—Gunbattles broke out Tuesday as hundreds of riot police made their strongest attempt to clear anti-government protest sites around Thailand’s capital, leaving at least four people dead and 64 others injured. Multiple gunshots were heard...
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Thai Buddhist monk and co-protest leader ” Luang Pu Buddha Isara” (C) gestures as he talks with government officials during negotiations in Bangkok on January 27, 2014. (AFP PHOTO/PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL)


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Thai soldiers stand in a queue before voting at a polling station in Pattani, southern Thailand on January 26, 2014. (AFP PHOTO/TUWAEDANIYA MERINGING)


Thai protesters obstruct vote; 1 dead in violence

Thai protesters obstruct vote; 1 dead in violence

Bangkok, AP—Anti-government demonstrators swarmed dozens of polling stations in Thailand on Sunday to stop advance voting for next week’s general elections, chaining gates shut, threatening voters and preventing hundreds of thousands of people from casting...