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Mar 17

Red Shirts at US Embassy

Daily Photos from Thailand

Wednesday 17th March, 2010 at 21:15:29| Words: 124 words | Category: News Photos

Riot policemen stand guard while supporters of former Premier Thaksin Shinawatra gather outside the U.S. embassy in Bangkok March 17, 2010. Despite the fourth day of street rallies in Bangkok, Thai stocks hit a 19-month high and the baht currency raced to its strongest level in 22 months. Investors have been emboldened by the lack of violence and the view that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva would survive the crisis. (Reuters)


Surrounded by police, anti-government leader Jatuporn Promporn enters the U.S. Embassy Wednesday, March 17, 2010, in Bangkok, Thailand. Earlier in the day red-shirted protesters hurled plastic bags filled with gallons (liters) of their own blood into the residential compound of the Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's Wednesday, hoping their shock tactics will bring down his government. (AP)




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Mar 17

Thai PM's House Splattered with Blood

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Wednesday 17th March, 2010 at 16:21:05| Words: 69 words | Category: News Photos

Supporters of former Premier Thaksin Shinawatra carry containers of human blood as they make their way to pour the blood on the gates of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's home in Bangkok March 17, 2010. (Reuters)


(Natthiti Ampriwan/Bangkok Post)

Supporters of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra splash human blood on the gates of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's home after they broke a police cordon in Bangkok March 17, 2010. (Reuters)

(Natthiti Ampriwan/Bangkok Post)



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