Thai Navy forces stand guard at a streetside near Government House in Bangkok. (Photo AFP)Thai Political Crisis At Fever Pitch -- BBC
When doctors decide to violate their Hippocratic Oaths, and refuse to treat injured police officers, you know things are bad.
That is what's happening in Thailand right now, so much so that the world financial meltdown, which will surely affect Thailand just as badly as any other export-dependent Asian economy, is scarcely being noticed.
The deadlock between the government, still led by close allies of one-time Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, and its opponents, spearheaded by the well-funded People's Alliance for Democracy protest movement, has been going on for months.
It is actually a continuation of a political crisis that began two years into Mr Thaksin's second term of office, in early 2006, when the hugely profitable sale of his family's business empire sparked mass demonstrations, which eventually led to the coup that forced him from power in September that year.
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More News On Thailand's Crisis
Thai protest leaders released on bail, vow new rallies -- AFP
Thai protest leaders get bail; campaign to roll on -- Reuters
Bangkok protest leaders bailed after handing themselves in -- Guardian
Thai protest leaders surrender - and are freed immediately -- Times Online
Call for putsch to end Thai protest -- Sydney Morning Herald
Clashes in Thailand Further Divide Nation -- Washington Post
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