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STUDENT, 21, SHOT AS STUDENTS CLASH WITH RED SHIRTS IN BANGKOK

A 21-year-old student was reported shot dead as university students clashed with pro-government red shirts in Bangkok tonight. Five others are reported to have been injured and were rushed to hospital. The gunman appears to have been caught on video by Channel 7 news in Bangkok. Bangkok’s Ramkhamhaeng University is only a few hundred yards […]

Thai Prime Minister Survives No Confidence Vote as Red Shirts Wait In The Wings

Thailand’s Prime Minister and her ruling government today survived a ‘no confidence’ vote in Parliament with expected ease, despite protests which rage across the country. Her Pheu Thai Party easily carried the vote with a majority of 297 votes to 134 a result which surprised few. Her party carries with it the ‘Red Shirt’ faction […]

Thai Prime Minister Invokes The Internal Security Act As Protesters Lay Siege To Government Buildings

Bangkok Tense As Internal Security Act is enforced From Andrew Drummond Bangkok: A sea of anti-government protestors surged through Bangkok today occupying key government buildings and demanding an end to the Premiership of Yingluck Shinawatra. Anti-government protesters with a long list of grievances stormed into the Finance Ministry, Budget Bureau and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and […]