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Thailand: protesters injured in Bangkok blast
Twenty-eight protesters against Thailand’s government are injured in Bangkok after an explosive device was thrown at a march led by opposition leader Suthep Thaugsuban.
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Thailand protests: election confirmed for February
Protesters threaten to disrupt Thailand’s economy, as the country’s embattled government confirms snap elections will be held in early February.
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Thailand protests: an on-stage 'duel'
Asia Correspondent John Sparks finds himself in a dual with a flamboyant opposition leader in front of thousands of Thai anti-government protesters.
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Rethinking retirement in Thailand's capital of sleaze
John Sparks meets some of the growing population of UK pensioners who have headed to Thailand’s seedy seaside resort Pattaya to ‘get busy living’.
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Thailand violence: police and protesters clash
Nearly 100 people were injured as protesters armed with sling shots fought with police in Bangkok. Police say an officer was killed by a bullet fired by demonstrators.
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Police officer dead in Thailand election protests
Thailand’s election commission urges the government to delay polls scheduled for February, as clashes between police and anti-government protesters kill at least one person and injure dozens.
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Thailand's wandering prime minister
Temporarily homeless and dismissed by opponents as a “dim-witted puppet”, Yingluck Shinawatra seems determined to hold on to power in Thailand.
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Thailand: inside the protests as unrest becomes violent
Police use rubber bullets, water cannon and tear gas on anti-government protesters in Thailand, as a previously peaceful protest turns ugly. Asia Correspondent John Sparks was there.
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Thailand protests erupt in violent clashes with police
Thousands of protesters descend on Bangkok in an attempt overthrow the prime minister, resulting in fierce skirmishes with police.
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Thailand: thousands protest against prime minister
Thousands take to the streets in Thailand to call for the resignation of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra amid fears she is acting as a proxy for her brother, Thaksin, who was ousted in 2006.
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Rohingya people crammed in filthy cages in Thailand
Channel 4 News gains access to a Thai detention centre where thousands of Muslim refugees who have fled religious persecution in Burma are being forced to live in squalid conditions.
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British cycling couple killed in Thailand
Peter Root and Mary Thompson were killed by a pick-up truck. The couple, both 34 years old, had already cycled through the Middle East, Central Asia and China on their round-the-world trip.
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'Push back': the desperate search for refuge in Thailand
Thousands of Burmese people are trying to flee persecution to neighbouring Thailand, but with an unresponsive result. Our Asia correspondent, John Sparks, reports.
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Stephen Ashton family ‘devastated’ over Thailand shooting
The family of a British tourist who was shot in the crossfire of a gang fight in Thailand, have told of their devastation at his death.
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Standing up for human rights in Thailand
Chiranuch Premchaiporn faces a jail-term of up to 50 years prison for “defaming, insulting, or threatening” Thailand’s royal family under the country’s ultra-strict “lese-majeste” laws.
