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Thai police officers inspect a bomb blast scene after a grenade injured anti-government protesters during a mass march as part of the fifth day of the ‘Bangkok Shutdown’ rally in central Bangkok, Thailand, 17 January 2014. The explosive device was thrown into the midst of a march in central Bangkok injured at least 28 protesters participating in the anti-government Bangkok Shutdown campaign being led by Suthep Thaugsuban, who has been holding street protests in the capital since early November 2013. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT

Explosion hits Bangkok protesters, wounding dozens

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 17, 2014 | World

Bangkok, AP—Dozens of people were wounded in Thailand’s capital on Friday when a grenade was hurled at anti-government demonstrators marching through Bangkok at midday, an ominous development that raises tensions amid the country’s political crisis and the...

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Thai army chief General Prayut Chan-O-Cha gestures as he speaks during a press conference at Thai army’s headquarter in Bangkok on December 27, 2013 (AFP PHOTO)

Thai army chief urges calm, doesn’t rule out coup

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 27, 2013 | World

Bangkok, Associated Press—Thailand’s army chief on Friday urged both sides in the country’s bitter political dispute to show restraint, but did not explicitly rule out the possibility of a coup. Thailand has been wracked by two months of political tensions...