Thailand Faces Civil War Threat as Bangkok Crackdown Intensifies
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva defended the deadly crackdown on Red Shirt protesters in Bangkok amid mounting casualties. Snipers patrolled gated streets as demonstrators fired weapons and missiles, turning Rajprasong into a war zone with at least 24 dead and 194 wounded since Thursday.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Abhisit Vejjajiva
U.S
Southeast Asia
Red Shirts
Rajprasong
Abhisit
Red Shirt
Manipula
Candidates threatened in Mexico elections
In Tamaulipas and border towns violence rises as candidates face intimidation and assassinations. One mayoral candidate and his son were killed after resisting cartel pressure while another activist remains missing after her home was burned. PAN and PRD report election threats. PRI maintains fielding candidates. Government vows discreet security measures as cartels influence local races.
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Mexico City
U.S
Mexico
Tamaulipas
Gulf Cartel
Zetas Gang
Jose Guajardo Varela
Valle Hermosa
Brownsville
Texas
Carlos Alberto Perez
Calderon
National Action Party
PAN
Felipe Calderon
Michoacan
la Familia Cartel
Manuel Clouthier
Sinaloa
Guajardo
Fernando Gomez-Mont
Martha Porras
Democratic Revolutionary Party
Nuevo Laredo
Laredo
Institutional Revolutionary Party
PRI
PRD
Return of crash survivor Ruben van Assouw to Netherlands
The 9 year old Ruben van Assouw, sole survivor of the Libyan crash, arrived by air ambulance in the Netherlands and was taken to St Elizabeth Hospital Tilburg with his aunt and uncle. Investigators from the U S and other nations examined the crash near Tripoli as the Dutch fatalities rose to 70. The boy, recovering from leg injuries after four hours of surgery, faces an uncertain living arrangement as relatives plan to care for him.
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Amsterdam
Libya
Netherlands
Ruben van Assouw
Afriqiyah Airways
Tripoli
U.S
Ruben
Eindhoven
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Tilburg
van Assouws
Patrick
Trudy
Enzo
Ivo Opstelten
South Africa
Johannesburg
Elly Sebregts
National Transportation Safety Board
General Electric
Federal Aviation Administration
Jeroen van der Sande
Ingrid van Assouw
el Khadra
Germany accuses Google of privacy breach over Street View data
Berlin denounces Google's four year collection of fragments from public Wi Fi, accusing the company of secretly penetrating private networks and withholding information. Ilse Aigner calls the incident alarming and demands full disclosure to data protection authorities worldwide. Google apologizes and says it will prevent repeats while stressing it learned of the issue from regulators.
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Berlin
Germany
Google
U.S
Google Inc
Ilse Aigner
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