Thais hold anti-government rally

Thai protesters mark crackdown anniversary
AP Thousands of anti-government demonstrators have taken to the streets, peacefully marking the six-month anniversary of the Military's crackdown of their Protest that dragged the Thai capital into chaos. The so-called Red Shirts massed at the same intersection - briefly blocking traffic there - where they made their final stand in the spring before heavily armed Soldiers swept through and arrested top Protest leaders. More than 1000 police turned out on Friday to provide security for the dem...

Thai 'Red Shirts' rally six months after crackdown
Thousands of Thai "Red Shirts" converged on central Bangkok on Friday to mark six months since a deadly crackdown on their anti-government rally. Police at the scene said up to 10,000 people filled the upmarket shopping zone that the Reds occupied earlier this year with their campaign for snap Elections. Red Shirts, many wearing their Trademark colour and waving banners, lit candles to commemorate those killed in the unrest. Advertisement: Story continues below Shouts of "There were dead peo...

Thai demonstrators mark crackdown anniversary
BANGKOK - Thousands of anti-government demonstrators have taken to the streets of Bangkok, peacefully marking the six-month anniversary of the Military's crackdown on their Protest. About 90 people were killed and more than 1,400 were wounded after the so-called Red Shirts occupied city streets in this past spring to press their demand that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva resign and call early Elections. The Protesters claim he came to power illegitimately, with the help of the Military. ...

Thai anti-government demonstrators peacefully mark anniversary of May crackdown
Bangkok — Thousands of anti-government demonstrators have taken to the streets of Bangkok, peacefully marking the six-month anniversary of the Military's crackdown on their Protest. About 90 people were killed and more than 1,400 were wounded after the so-called Red Shirts occupied city streets in this past spring to press their demand that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva resign and call early Elections. The Protesters claim he came to power illegitimately, with the help of the militar...

Protesters mark fatal anniversary
At least 10,000 anti-government Protesters returned to Bangkok's streets yesterday to mark the six-month anniversary of a deadly Military crackdown, but there were no violent incidents. Flag-waving, red-shirted Protesters converged on the same shopping district they occupied during the April to May unrest that killed 91 people and wounded at least 1,800. "People died here," the Protesters chanted. But the lack of clear leadership among the "red shirts" makes a prolonged Protest this time unlike...

Keep 'eyes open' in Burma talks: Suu Kyi
AFP Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi says US engagement with Burma is a good thing, but US officials should not go into talks with the junta wearing "rose-coloured glasses". "There are a lot of people who say that now that the US has decided to engage with the Military regime, they have turned their back on us," Suu Kyi told CNN after being freed from years of House Arrest. "I don't think of it like that. I think engagement is a good thing," she said in the comments broadcast by the American t...

Thai red shirt protesters return to Bangkok's streets
By Ambika Ahuja Bangkok (Reuters) - Thousands of anti-government Protesters plan to return to Bangkok's streets Friday to mark the six-month anniversary of a deadly Military crackdown, but the demonstrations are not expected to turn violent. The... Thai anti-government ''Red shirt'' Protesters gather at the gates of the Klongprem Prison in Bangkok November 19, 2010. Bangkok (Reuters) - Thousands of anti-government Protesters plan to return to Bangkok's streets Friday to mark the six-month anni...

Thai "red shirt" protesters return to Bangkok's streets
By Ambika Ahuja Bangkok | Fri Nov 19, 2010 3:09am EST Bangkok (Reuters) - Thousands of anti-government Protesters plan to return to Bangkok's streets on Friday to mark the six-month anniversary of a deadly Military crackdown, but the demonstrations are not expected to turn violent. The Red-shirted Protesters will gather in the same shopping district they occupied during the April to May unrest that killed 91 people and wounded at least 1,800 in the worst Political violence in modern Thai hist...

Thai "red shirt" protesters return to Bangkok's streets
Bangkok (Reuters) - Thousands of anti-government Protesters plan to return to Bangkok's streets on Friday to mark the six-month anniversary of a deadly Military crackdown, but the demonstrations are not expected to turn violent. The Red-shirted Protesters will gather in the same shopping district they occupied during the April to May unrest that killed 91 people and wounded at least 1,800 in the worst Political violence in modern Thai history. But the lack of clear leadership among the "red shi...

Thai Redshirt Protest Anniversary Marked With Marches
Bangkok — Thousands of anti-government demonstrators took to the streets Friday, peacefully marking the six-month anniversary of the Military's crackdown of their Protest that dragged the Thai capital into chaos. The so-called Red Shirts massed at the same intersection – briefly blocking traffic there – where they made their final stand in the spring before heavily armed Soldiers swept through and arrested top Protest leaders. More than 1,000 police turned out to provide secu...

Critics say Mexican Revolution's goals are elusive
Source: Associated Press Mexico City – As Mexico prepares to mark 100 years since a revolution fought to install Democracy and improve the lot of the country's landless peasants, many are focusing on how short it fell from its mark. City]Mexico's Democracy is anemic and the plight of the poor remains largely unchanged, critics say. Hundreds of Protesters gathered at Mexico City's independence monument Friday, blocking one of the city's main boulevards, to denounce what organizers called the failures ..

Critics say Mexican Revolution's goals are elusive
MEXICO City (AP) - As Mexico prepares to mark 100 years since a revolution fought to install Democracy and improve the lot of the country's landless peasants, many are focusing on how short it fell from its mark. Mexico's Democracy is anemic and the plight of the poor remains largely unchanged, critics say. Hundreds of Protesters gathered at Mexico City's independence monument Friday, blocking one of the city's main boulevards, to denounce what organizers called the failures of the bloody, sev...

Bangkok Post : Reds rally in remembrance of April-May victims
Red-shirt supporters began a day of symbolic Protests in the capital on Friday by gathering outside the Bangkok Remand Prison, six months to the day since the deadly crackdown on their prolonged anti-government rally. A few hundred supporters of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) started the three-stop rally by tying black ribbons on the gate of the Prison and placing red roses on it to express their love and regard for detained colleagues, and called on the authorities to...

1000 dead foetuses found at Thai temple
AFP Thai Police found the remains of almost 1000 illegally aborted foetuses hidden at a Buddhist temple in Bangkok on Friday, with more grisly discoveries expected. The bodies, wrapped in Plastic Bags, were discovered in a newly opened area of the mortuary days after authorities found 348 in the first room to be searched. Two temple undertakers have admitted stashing foetuses in three different storage units, leading to the new inspection, Police said. Advertisement: Story continues below "...

Dead Fetuses Found at Thai Temple
(AFP) - Thai Police found the remains of almost 1,700 illegally aborted fetuses hidden at a Buddhist temple in Bangkok on Friday as the full extent of the grisly discovery emerged. More than 2,000 bodies, wrapped in Plastic Bags, were uncovered in the temple's three mortuary rooms, and Police said they have now finished searching the building. After authorities found 348 fetuses in an initial search earlier in the week, two temple undertakers confessed to stashing them, leading to the new inspec...

US must keep 'eyes open' in Myanmar talks: Suu Kyi
Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi welcomed a new US engagement with Myanmar's junta, but warned against "rose-colored glasses" saying greater Human Rights and economic progress was still needed. "There are a lot of people who say that now that the US has decided to engage with the Military regime, they have turned their back on us," Suu Kyi told CNN after being freed from years of House Arrest. "I don't think of it like that. I think engagement is a good thing," she said in comments broadcast by...

Aisling Reidy: How Turkey Misuses the Terrorism Card
On the last day of October, a Suicide bomb rocked downtown Istanbul, wounding over 30 people: a reality check on what constitutes an act of Terrorism. The Turkish authorities have identified the Suicide Bomber as a 24-year-old man who is alleged to have joined the armed Kurdistan Workers' Party, the PKK, in 2004. The PKK has denied responsibility. But whoever is responsible should be brought to justice under Turkey's Counterterrorism Legislation. Unfortunately, though, many people caught up in...

Should the Spanish Government Close Franco's Tomb?
Every year around this time, a tempest brews in the mountains just north of Madrid. On the weekend closest to Nov. 20, devotees of Francisco Franco, who died on that day in 1975, travel to the elaborate basilica-turned-mausoleum called Valley of the Fallen, where he is buried. There, they pay homage to the general who ruled Spain as dictator for nearly 40 years. Because the site is owned by the state, the event produces heated complaints over the Spanish government's continued financial suppor...

Topless protesters gain fame in Ukraine (AP)
KIEV, Ukraine – How to Protest Domestic Violence, Corruption and a visit by Russia's Vladimir Putin? Ukraine's answer: take off your Bra! A group of young Activists is gaining popularity here for staging Topless Protests that involve sexually charged gestures, obscene slogans and scuffles with Security Guards and police. Often, the point seems to be just getting naked. The Activists, slender, long-legged beauties with traditional Ukrainian flower wreaths in their hair, say they are promo...

Naked bravado of Ukrainian activists who are upsetting the body politic
Young Ukrainian Activists are gaining popularity in the country for staging Topless Protests that involve rude gestures, obscene slogans and scuffles with Security Guards and police. The women - slender, long-legged beauties with traditional Ukrainian flower wreaths in their hair - say they are promoting women's rights and fighting for Democracy, but some critics claim they are merely seeking fame and undermining the feminist ca ADVERTISEMENT use. "If Sexuality is used to sell cars and cookie...

Red Shirts to rally in Bangkok
Police in Bangkok have begun barricading a major intersection in the city's central shopping district in preparation for a Protest by thousands of Red Shirt demonstrators. The Protest marks six months since a bloody crackdown on demonstrators killed 90 people. Foreign embassies have warned their citizens to stay away from the Protest zone, with Police and organisers estimating between 10,000 and 15,000 people will defy an emergency decree still in force that bans gatherings of more than 500. Se...

More fetuses found at Thai Buddhist temple
BANGKOK (AP) — Thai police have found more than 2,000 fetuses hidden away at a Buddhist temple in Bangkok that were likely smuggled from illegal Abortion clinics. A strong smell first drew police to the temple, where they discovered more than 300 fetuses Tuesday. Police Lt. Col. Kanathud Musiganont said workers pulled more bodies in the temple’s morgue Friday. More than 2,000 have been unearthed. Several people have already been arrested in the case: two undertakers for hiding bodies...

2000 Fetuses Found
Bangkok (AP) — On the grounds of a Buddhist temple, dozens of white Plastic Bags lay in carefully arranged rows. Each sack was knotted at the top and contained the remains of a fetus. Thai authorities found about 2,000 remains in the temple's mortuary, where they had been hidden for a year — apparently to conceal illegal Abortions. A strong stench had drawn police to the temple in Bangkok's old city Tuesday, and authorities searching the mortuary — where bodies awaiting crematio

2,000 foetuses found hidden in Buddhist temple's morgue
Thai Police investigating a strong smell emanating from a Buddhist temple have found more than 2,000 foetuses hidden in the complex's morgue that appear to have come from illegal Abortion clinics. • Medical workers study Bags containing some of the foetuses, which appear to have come from illegal Abortion clinics, found hidden at a Buddhist temple During an initial investigation at the temple in Bangkok earlier this week, Police discovered piles of Plastic Bags containing more than 300 foet...

Aborted fetuses found in Thailand
Published: Nov. 19, 2010 at 6:17 PM Bangkok, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Thai police say they found the remains of 2,000 aborted fetuses awaiting cremation in a Bangkok Buddhist temple. The remains were wrapped in Plastic Bags in a newly opened area of the temple's mortuary, the BBC reported Friday. Two temple workers have been charged with hiding the fetuses. Abortion is illegal in Thailand unless the mother's health is at risk or the Pregnancy was the result of Incest or Rape, but Abortion clinics abound...