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A Thai manlooks after his child at a temporary shelter at Don Muang airport in Bangkok on October 28, 2011. Floods that have sparked an exodus from the Thai capital crept closer to the city centre on October 28, but hopes grew that emergency barriers would prevent a major overflow from Bangkok’s main river.
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Firefighters continued to put out a fire at a building in Bangkok that was set ablaze by antigovernment protesters. Thailand picked up the pieces after violence and mayhem triggered by a crackdown on antigovernment protests, as the focus swung to recovery and reconciliation in a divided nation.
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People in Bangkok covered their noses to protect themselves from fumes from burned tires as they examined the damage caused by antigovernment red-shirt protesters along Rama IV Road, a day after a military operation cleared the protesters’ encampment.
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Forensic inspectors organized the bodies of six antigovernment red-shirt protesters who were killed overnight by the military during fighting inside a Buddhist temple that was meant to be a haven in Bangkok. The Thai military said it has recaptured control of central Bangkok.
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A Red Shirt anti-government protester lights a firework on his sling-shot on the Rama 4 road in Bangkok on May 18, 2010. The Thai government said there would be no negotiations with protesters in the capital until they end their crippling rally, after a Senate offer to mediate crisis talks.









