Thai troops battle red shirts as crisis deepens
By Jason Szep and Ambika Ahuja | China Daily | Updated: 2010-05-15 07:06
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The child of an anti-government protester wears the mask of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra as he sits in Lumpini Park, where anti-government protesters are camping, in Bangkok, Thailand on Friday. Manish Swarup / Associated Press |
BANGKOK - Thai troops opened fire on rioting anti-government demonstrators on Friday in an attempt to throw a security cordon around their protest site, turning Bangkok's commercial district into a bloody battlefield.
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