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 Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Saturday rejected the red-shirted anti-government protesters' demand to dissolve the House of Representatives within 30 days and call elections within 60 days after that. |  A Thai woman was killed and 75 others, including three foreigners, were wounded in a series of grenade attacks at the Saladaeng BTS Skytrain station in Bangkok and nearby areas on Thursday night. |
 Becoming increasingly frustrated with the seemingly endless rallies by the red-shirted anti-goverment protesters, about 100 people in shirts of all colours clashed with the Red Shirts on Bangkok's Silom Road on Wednesday night. |  Thailand's red-shirted anti-government protesters cancelled a march on Tuesday to Bangkok's business district, Silom, after they received a stern warning from the army. The demonstrators threatened to stay in the Thai capital's commercial Rajprasong district "indefinitely." |
 Thousands of Thai military and police forces were deployed on Monday to secure Bangkok's business district in order to prevent the red-shirted anti-government protesters to occupy the area. The demonstrators, however, changed their plans after they saw troops stationed on Silom Road, with some soldiers armed with assault rifles, shotguns and pistols on guard, as the Thai government were preparing for a crackdown. |  Thailand's army warned the red-shirted anti-government protesters on Sunday against holding a demonstration in Bangkok's business district, on Silom Road. |
 Cambodian and Thai troops exchanged fire twice on their border on Saturday morning, officials from both countries said. |  The Thai government will take drastic legal and other measures to prevent red-shirted anti-government protesters from setting up a new demonstration site on Bangkok's Silom Road, another major business hub in the Thai capital. |
 Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva announced on Friday that Army Commander-in-Chief Gen Anupong Paojinda had been appointed the new commander of the Center for the Administration of Peace and Order (CAPO), replacing Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban for the job. |  Bangkok's Rajprasong commercial district has been designated a danger zone due to the stockpile of weapons and the "terrorists" congregated in the area, Thai army spokesman Colonel Sansern Kaewkamnerd said yesterday. |
 Red-shirted anti-government protesters abandoned their demonstration sites at Bangkok's Phan Fa Bridge and along Rajdamnoen Avenue after their leaders decided that they should join the rally at the Rajprasong Intersection for strategic reasons. |  Thai police have launched a criminal investigation into the use of war weapons on troops and red-shirted anti-government demonstrators during the street clashes on Saturday in Bangkok. |
 Thailand's army chief General Anupong Paojinda has called for the House of Representatives to be dissolved and early elections held as the best way to end the ongoing anti-government demonstrations. |  Thailand's Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya slammed the international community on Monday for failing to take action against ousted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, whom he blamed for the country's political unrest. |
 Thailand's Election Commission (EC) has called for the dissolution of the ruling Democrat Party led by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajjiva over allegations of illegal donations, a party official said Monday. The Democrats vowed to fight the decision. |  Red-shirted anti-government protesters paraded coffins of their comrades killed in the weekend clashes between demonstrators and state forces through the Thai capital on Monday, two days after after the country's worst political violence in 18 years, which left 21 people dead and over 800 wounded. |
![UPDATE: 18 killed, 678 injured in Bangkok street battles between Thai security forces and anti-government protesters [VIDEO]](/pattaya/images/en/385772_t.jpg) According to the latest update by Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's Erawan Emergency Medical Centre, 18 killed, including 4 soldiers, and 678 injured in street battles between Thai security forces and red-shirted anti-government protesters, as troops attempted to disperse a crowd of several thousands in the Thai capital on Saturday. |  Eight person died, more than 200 people have been injured, including some with gunshot wounds, as Thai security forces cracked down on anti-government demonstrators on Saturday, setting off fierce street battles in Bangkok. |
![18 wounded in standoff between Thai security forces and protesters; Authorities take Red Shirts' PTV off air again [PHOTO/VIDEO]](/pattaya/images/en/385765_t.jpg) People's Channel (PTV), affiliated with the red-shirted anti-government protesters in Thailand, was removed from air again on Friday, following the supporters of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) had stormed the satellite earth station of Thaicom and forced the authorities to reverse an earlier decision to suspend broadcast. | |
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