Deadly Clashes Erupt In Bangkok -- BBC
Thai security forces have fired live rounds after moving to seal a heavily defended demonstrators' camp in Bangkok amid clashes that left two people dead.
Embassies were closed as protesters set fire to a police bus and shot fireworks at troops, who also responded with tear gas and rubber bullets.
Our correspondent says the area is like a war zone, with troops firing into a park as a helicopter circled overhead.
The demonstrators want the prime minister to resign and call elections.
Many of the so-called red-shirt protesters support former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a 2006 coup.
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