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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 anti-government protesters march with country’s flags while heading to shut down the office of the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) Thursday, January 14, 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

Thai protesters target ministries, threaten stock exchange

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 14, 2014 | World

Bangkok, Reuters—Protesters trying to topple Thailand’s government moved to tighten the blockade around ministries on Tuesday and a hard-line faction threatened to storm the stock exchange, while major intersections in the capital Bangkok remained blocked. The...

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Thai anti-government protesters walk outside the Government house in Bangkok on January 12, 2014 (AFP PHOTO/ Nicolas ASFOURI)

Thai protest leader rejects compromise but says “no civil war”

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 12, 2014 | World

Bangkok, Reuters—The leader of a movement trying to topple Thailand’s government said he would call off his protest if civil war threatened to break out but rejected any compromise with the government ahead of a planned “shutdown” of the capital....

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Thai riot policemen stand amid smoke from tear gas thrown back to them by anti-government protesters during a rally at the Labor Ministry in Bangkok, Thailand on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

One protester killed in new Thai political violence

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 28, 2013 | World

Bangkok, AP—Gunmen killed an anti-government activist and wounded two others in Thailand’s capital on Saturday, while protesters elsewhere blocked candidates from registering for upcoming elections, deepening a political crisis that threatens to derail democracy...

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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...