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Bangkok blast at protest march
Unconfirmed video shows an explosion during an anti-government protest in Thailand’s capital city Bangkok. It is reported that over a dozen people were injured in the explosion, one seriously.
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Thai protesters march on government buildings
Anti-government protesters attempt to shut down Thailand’s Customs Department on Tuesday, in the second day of mass demonstrations in central Bangkok.
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Bangkok ‘shutdown’: protesters fill streets of Thai capital
Thailand’s embattled Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has invited opposition leaders to discuss an election, as protesters calling for her resignation “shut down” Bangkok.
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FatCheck: How obesity is taking over the world
One in three people in the world are overweight and parts of the developing world are as fat as the richest countries, according to a new report. What can we do about it?
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Thai PM calls snap election, but protests continue
Yingluck Shinawatra pledges to call elections after weeks of protest in Bangkok. But an estimated 100,000 people continue with mass demonstrations, with some saying elections are not enough.
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Thai protests on hold as king calls for ‘stability’
Thailand protests are put on hold to mark the birthday of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who called on people to do their duty “for the sake of the public” without referencing the ongoing political turmoil.
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What is driving the protests in Kiev and Bangkok?
Unrest in Ukraine and Thailand, like recent uprisings in Brazil and Turkey, has been driven by a rising middle class in opposition to what looks like a brutal and corrupt elite.
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Thai protesters claim ‘partial victory’ as police stand down
Thailand’s protest leader, Suthep Thaugsuban, says he will continue to fight until the “Thaksin regime has been driven out”, as the government orders police to stand down to prevent further violence.
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Gay rights to austerity: protest pictures that made 2013
As protesters in Thailand march to the ruling political party’s office in Bangkok in a bid to topple the government, Channel 4 News looks back at a year of demonstrations.
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Thai protesters storm army HQ
Around 1,000 anti-government protesters, calling for Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down, break into the Royal Thai Army headquarters in Bangkok and stage a protest rally.
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Thai protests: a very mild-mannered coup?
Traffic is at a standstill, buildings occupied and an arrest warrant has been issued for the protest leader. But no-one seems in any hurry to detain him, writes John Sparks in Bangkok.
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Aung San Suu Kyi: falling from grace
People are beginning to question the judgement of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma’s icon of democracy, and an interview she gave about the Rohingya will add to those doubts.
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Thousands flee cyclone ‘half the size of India’
The east coast of India is preparing for a “very severe” cyclone which is sweeping across the bay of Bengal. The army is on standby as thousands flee low-lying areas.
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'I went on a 45-day holiday with the Washington shooter'
Om Suthamtewakul, a 30-year-old Thai woman, tells Asia Correspondent John Sparks about her experiences in Thailand with the Washington shooter Aaron Alexis.
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Washington gunman ‘honourably discharged’
The suspected gunman who killed 12 people before being shot dead by police in a military complex in Washington had been honourably discharged in 2011, officials claim.