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Red Shirts Flex Muscle, Call for End to Dictatorship, Demand Elections
Thai Red-shirt activists will congregate outside a military garrison on Monday to demand the government’s reply on their demands that the government disband the House by noon or face mass protests in the capital.
United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) co-leader Natthawut Saikua said on [...]

Internal Security Act to be Enforced in Bangkok
The Thai Prime Minister’s cabinet on Tuesday concurred on a decision to bring into play the Internal Security Act (ISA) from March 11-23 to deal with with the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship’s (UDD) giant protest assembly, as advocated by the security monitoring commission, acting government spokesman [...]

Abhisit Abandons Australian Adventure
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has called off his official visit to Australia, intended for March 13 to 17, as organizers of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) persist in their claim that as a many as a million backers will join their anti-government gathering this coming weekend.
His choice was [...]

Boys in Blue Beat the Bushes for Bank Bombers
Thai Police have discovered evidence leading to the persons behind a string of explosions in Narathiwat on Tuesday.
Narathiwat police chief Chaithat Intanujit said the bombers were young members of the Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK) rebel group lead by Wae-ali Copter.
Security camera footage from two sites in Rangae [...]

Red Shirts Ramp Up for Raucous But Respectful Rally
Bangkok will experience a mass anti-government rally next weekend that will stretch from Sanam Luang to the Equestrian Statue of King Rama V, and the rally headquarters will be at Phanfa Leelad bridge on Ratchadamnoen Klang road, organizers of the red-shirt United Front for Democracy (UDD) announced [...]

Monks Told not to Monkey in Politics
Thai Monks should not become involved in the planned mass anti-government gathering next weekend as it is not their affair, Deputy Prime Minister managing safety Suthep Thaugsuban said on Friday.
United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) core figure Arisman Pongruangrong previous has said Buddhist monks will unite in the [...]

Dowsing Rod “Bomb Detector” Questioned by Science Minister
Thai authorities using the GT200 “bomb detector” should exercise prudence until a substitute is found, the science and technology minister says.
Kalaya Sophonpanich met safety officials yesterday at the local outpost of the Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc) at Sirindhorn camp in Yarang district, Pattani.
She is paying a visit [...]

Grenade Thrower Sought by Police
Thailand’s Criminal Court has announced a warrant for the arrest of a male suspected to have tossed a hand grenade at Bangkok Bank’s Silom Road branch last weekend.
A picture was sketched from the security camera installed at the bank and from evidence specified by eyewitnesses.
Bangkok Bank’s Silom Road branch was one [...]

Bangkok Bank Targeted With Hand Grenades
A M26 hand grenade exploded at the Silom Road branch of Bangkok Bank last night and another grenade was found at the bank’s Rama II branch.
Deputy Chief of the Metropolitan Police Bureau Pol Maj Gen Anan Srihiran last night sent police to step up security at all branches of [...]