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New red shirt leader warns of battle ahead
AFP, Published on 17/03/2014
» A firebrand hardliner who was a core leader of Thailand's red shirts in the country's massive 2010 protests has been chosen to head the pro-government movement, saying Sunday that a "big fight" lay ahead.
Controversial monk at vanguard of Thai street protests
AFP, Published on 29/01/2014
» A saffron-robed monk takes to the stage in the Thai capital and urges cheering protesters to fight a "black-hearted" government - testing a taboo in the devout kingdom about clerics getting involved in politics.
Chinese court sentences Bo Xilai to life in prison
AFP, Published on 22/09/2013
» A Chinese court Sunday sentenced former leading politician Bo Xilai to life in prison after a sensational corruption trial that exposed intrigue and lavish lifestyles in the higher levels of the ruling party.
Red-shirt protest leaders' trial begins
AFP, Published on 14/12/2012
» BANGKOK - The trial of leaders of the 2010 red-shirt protests on terrorism charges began on Friday, a day after the nation's former premier was charged over his role in the deadly unrest.
Trial of red-shirt leaders postponed
AFP, Published on 29/11/2012
» BANGKOK - A court on Thursday postponed the start of the terrorism trial of 24 leaders of red-shirt protests that rocked Bangkok in 2010 until next month because one of the defendants was ill.