End to Bangkok street fighting elusive
In Bangkok, hopes for a negotiated end to seven weeks of street clashes rose briefly as the upper house offered mediation between Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and red shirt protest leaders, then faded when talks hinged on protesters leaving their encampment.
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Bangkok clash as armored units target anti government protest camp
Thai troops and armored vehicles pressed a final crackdown on the Bangkok encampment, firing into the protest zone as 3,000 demonstrators remained. At least 39 civilians were killed with hundreds wounded in seven days of clashes while a fire consumed a government building nearby.
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