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10 Apr 2010 10:44

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World: In Thailand, the protests are getting even more intense

  • 130+ Red Shirts injured by Thai security forces source
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09 Apr 2010 11:27

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World: Thailand Red Shirts update: Today, they took over a TV station

The antigovernment station, the People’s Television Station, was taken off the air as part of the state of emergency. Now it’s back on. Protester win. source
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08 Apr 2010 11:05

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World: Thailand’s Red Shirts don’t plan to quit anytime soon

Up next on the Red team’s social agenda: Mass street rally on Friday, in defiance of the country’s state of emergency. source
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07 Apr 2010 10:39

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World: State of emergency No. 2: Red Shirts too much for Thailand

  • Dudes apparently stormed the Parliament today. The blood-spilling, angry-at-government protesters have held parts of the capital at their whim for days, and now Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva’s government has called a state of emergency. Why? To give the military more control. (However, they can’t harm civilians.) Have fun with that, guys. source
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04 Apr 2010 22:47

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World: Thai protesters hit new sunglasses trend before Kanye does

50,000 protesters won’t leave Bangkok’s main shopping district because Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is still in power. We want these glasses. source
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28 Mar 2010 09:50

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World: Thai protests turn a civil corner, get a live-television airing

  • protesters Thailand’s red-shirt protesters, supporters of ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, were able to get a debate on live TV. One key statement: “Our request is simple and direct: dissolve parliament for the people to decide again.”
  • leader Thai leader Abhisit Vejjajiva was willing to talk to protesters, but made it clear he wouldn’t bend to their demands. “I have to make a decision based on a consensus from the entire country, not just the Red-Shirts,” he said. source
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17 Mar 2010 10:52

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World: Dear Thai protesters: Your use of blood is gross. Stop it.

We’ve strategically cropped this photo in a way that you can’t see the blood. We can only think of two or three things grosser than blood to throw in protest. source
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16 Mar 2010 10:28

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World: Thailand’s got a big mess of red blood on their hands

  • If this government is willing to step over our blood it means they really don’t care about us.
  • Red Shirt protester Amphan Nawangern • Regarding the liters of blood dumped on the ground in front of the Thai capital today. The blood was gathered with medical assistance then dumped out en masse. As you might guess, critics of the movement have been skeptical of the bloodletting, calling it a publicity stunt. But in a way it’s kind of hilarious. Just think if something like this happened in the U.S. It’d be the weirdest thing ever. It’s still kind of the weirdest thing ever. source
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15 Mar 2010 23:15

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World: Thai protesters try out a different kind of blood donation

  • 1,000 liters of blood on the streets; whoa source
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14 Mar 2010 11:19

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World: A color-coded history of national protest movements

  • red The newest movement, in Thailand, is trying to push out prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva; the red team gave him a Monday deadline to resign.
  • orange Ukraine’s Orange
    Revolution     took place
    after a 2004 election
    marred by massive
    corruption – but protests
    eventually won out.
  • green The Green Movement, still strong in Iran, gained strength after president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unexpectedly won reelection last year.
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