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BBC's Alistair Leithead interviewed Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva at a military base in Bangkok about divisions in the country.

Bangkok governor advises residents to stay indoors during mobile mass rally

Red-shirted supporters of United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) will embark on a 46-km mobile rally today through the Thai capital. Authorities and commuters are bracing themselves for possible traffic chaos.


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Red-shirted anti-government protesters will scatter with their vehicles across the Thai capital on Saturday in order to gain support from Bangkok residents in their campaign to topple Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajjiva's government.

Red Shirts to scatter on Bangkok streets in "class war" on Saturday

The red-shirted anti-government group United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) have announced a plan to scatter their demonstrations in the Thai capital on Saturday.


Montenegro police confirm former Thai PM Thaksin was given citizenship

Montenegro's police Wednesday confirmed former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was in the southeastern European country and holds a passport of the former Yugoslav republic.


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Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said Wednesday that the government is ready for talks with the leaders of United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), which is currently holding ongoing mass demonstrations in Bangkok.

Blood flowing down on walls of Thai PM's home

Red-shirted anti-government protesters hurled plastic bags, filled with liters of their own blood, into Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajjiva's heavily guarded Bangkok residence on Wednesday morning, in an effort to force the premier to dissolve ...


Red Shirts to splash blood at Thai PM's house today

Thailand's red-shirted anti-government protesters are planning to continue their shock tactics on Wednesday, by pouring liters of their own blood at Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajjiva's residence in Bangkok.

Thai Red Shirts in blood protest [Video]

Red-shirted anti-government protesters in Bangkok have spilt blood on the Government House. They drew it from their own veins, but in the end, it was nowhere near the amount they had expected.


Protesters paint Thai Goverment House and ruling party headquarters red with own blood

Thailand's red-shirted anti-government activists, the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) on Tuesday poured blood taken from its supporters at all four gates of the Government House, as a symbolic sacrifice to topple Prime Minist...

Thai Red Shirts donating blood to splash at Government House [Video]

Red-shirted UDD supporters have begun collecting 1 million cc of blood to throw at the Government House in an attempt to press Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajjiva to dissolve the House of Representatives.


Thai protesters giving blood to throw at official buildings

Red-shirted anti-government demonstrators started donating their own blood on Tuesday as part of a plan to throw at the Thai government headquarters, the Government House, in a symbolic sacrifice to press Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajjiva to bow t...

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Fugitive former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was spotted in the southeastern European country of Montenegro this weekend, a local TV station reported Monday.


Red-shirted Thai protesters threaten to throw 1 million cc blood at official buildings

Red-shirted anti-government protesters threatened Monday to toss 1 million cubic centimeters (1,000 liters) of blood on official buildings in Bangkok in order to press Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to dissolve the House of Representatives.

Thai government ready to listen to views of all sides

On 15 March 2010, at 10.00 hrs., Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, together with representatives of the other government coalition parties, gave a press conference to inform the public of the current situation and the Government's stand. The pres...


Thai PM rejects UDD ultimatum, demonstrations continue

Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Monday rejected the ultimatum by UDD protesters to dissolve the House of Representatives, as the Red Shirts marched to a military camp sheltering the government.


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Fugitive former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra would not be able to see his two daughters in Germany, as he has been banned from the country since last year, German ambassador to Thailand Hans Heinrich Schumacher says.

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Red-shirted United front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) supporters will rally outside the Thai government's peacekeeping headquarters at the 11th Infantry Regiment on Pahon Yothin Road, in Bangkok's Bangkhen district, at noon to pressure...



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