Archives for: April 2010, 16

Apr 16

Dramatic Escape for Red Shirt Leaders

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Friday 16th April, 2010 at 13:23:51| Words: 103 words | Category: News Photos

Anti-government leader Arisman Pongruanrong escapes from a downtown Bangkok, Thailand, hotel as he flees arrest Friday, April 16, 2010. Arisman scaled down the facade of the hotel in downtown Bangkok into a waiting crowd of "Red Shirt" supporters who then helped him into a car that drove away. (AP)


Anti-government leader Arisman Pongruanrong, right, is helped by others as he flees arrest Friday, April 16, 2010, at a downtown Bangkok, Thailand hotel. Arisman scaled down the facade of the hotel in downtown Bangkok into a waiting crowd of "Red Shirt" supporters who then helped him into a car that drove away. (AP)

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Apr 16

Pink Shirts Show Support for Government

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Friday 16th April, 2010 at 12:30:27| Words: 106 words | Category: News Photos

Pro-government protesters, waving the Thai national flag, hand flowers to soldiers while demonstrating outside the 11th Battalion army barracks where Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is said to be based in Bangkok April 16, 2010. Abhisit, who has been largely absent from the public eye, will appear on national television at 1 p.m. (0600 GMT), Suthep said. (Reuters)


Pro-government supporters wave Thai national flags during a demonstration in support of the Government near a Military base in Bangkok on April 16, 2010. The death toll from Thailand's worst political violence in almost two decades has risen to at least 23 people, 18 of whom died from gunshot wounds, emergency services said. (Getty Images)



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