Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Unrest In Thailand -- News Updates May 18, 2010



Bangkok Braced For Bloodshed As Red Shirts Vow No Surrender -- Times Online

Hospitals in Bangkok are preparing for bloodshed after anti-government Red Shirt protesters ignored an ultimatum to abandon their occupation of central Bangkok, but there were faint signs of a last minute compromise between the two sides.

The chief negotiator for the Government told a senior protest leader that the Royal Thai Army will stop firing on Red Shirts if they withdraw to their main camp in the Ratchaprasong district of central Bangkok. “If they call their people back to Ratchaprasong there will be no single bullet fired by the soldiers,” said Korbsak Sabhavasu. “”If he is serious about solving the problem he is capable of doing it. He can simply call back his people.”

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More News On Thailand

Thai govt says no peace talks unless protests end -- AP
Thailand rejects Reds ceasefire call as 'nonsense' -- Yahoo News/AFP
Thai government rejects protesters' peace offer -- The Guardian
Thailand protests: Red shirts defy deadline to disperse -- Christian Science Monitor
Thai stand-off as Red Shirt peace talks rejected but Army stays away -- Times Online
Thai Protesters Say They Are Ready to Negotiate -- New York Times
Thai Govt Says No Peace Talks Unless Protests End -- New York Times
Thai Protesters Defy Government Deadline as Clashes Continue -- Voice of America
Thai protesters steely in the face of deadly conflict -- Washington Post
Thailand Protests Echo Those of 1992 -- Time Magazine
Bangkok residents escape during lull -- CNN

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