Red Shirts Protests

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  Thousands Protest In Venezuela Opposing Nicolas Maduro's Disputed Poll Win

  Many in the crowd wore white -- the favorite color of opposition leader Maria Corina Machado -- or national football team shirts and caps. A sea of yellow, blue and red Venezuelan flags also filled the avenue, some worn as capes.

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  Small Thailand Anti-Junta Groups Vow Protests on Coup Anniversary

  Small groups of anti-junta activists have vowed to hold protests Friday marking one year since Thailand's generals seized power from the elected government, but widespread dissent is unlikely in a country still locked down by the military.

• 'Hunger Games' Activist Freed on Bail in Thailand

  An activist who spearheaded silent protests against Thailand's military coup, including a campaign featuring a three-fingered salute inspired by "The Hunger Games," had been freed on bail after a month-long detention, police said on Wednesday.

• Thai Soldiers Fire in Air to Disperse Pro-Government Crowd: Spokesman

  Thai soldiers fired into the air to disperse thousands of pro-government, "red shirt" activists gathered at a protest site in Bangkok's western outskirts following a military coup on Thursday, a protest spokesman said.

• Thai Senate Ducks Call to Pick Unelected PM

  Thai opposition protesters suffered a setback Friday in their long-running battle to topple the government as the upper house of parliament shunned their call to pick an unelected premier.

• Thai Red Shirts vow to fight back if government ousted

  A leader of a pro-government movement backing Thailand's beleaguered prime minister has vowed to fight back if the country's judicial institutions and oversight agencies tried to remove the government undemocratically.

• Supporters of Thai PM converge to counter anti-government protests

  Thousands of supporters of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra travelled by bus, pickup truck and train on Saturday to join a three-day rally on the outskirts of Bangkok aimed at countering months of sometimes violent anti-government protests.

• Thai PM's supporters head for huge Bangkok rally, rule out violence

  Hundreds of thousands of Thai government supporters are expected to descend on Bangkok this weekend in a symbolic show of force after months of sometimes violent protests aimed at bringing down Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

• Thai 'red shirts' take up fight to defend PM facing impeachment

  Supporters of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra say they will take to the streets as moves to impeach her gather pace, raising the spectre of confrontation with protesters who helped scupper a February election she had been expected to win.

• Thailand pro-government 'Red Shirts' vow election support

  Thai government supporters on Wednesday threw their backing behind upcoming elections in the protest-hit nation, warning that proposals from opposition rallies aimed at suspending the country's democracy risked "absolute dictatorship".

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  Thai political protests paralyse several more ministries

  Thai opposition protesters besieged several more ministries in Bangkok on Tuesday in a bid to topple the government, as Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra faced a no-confidence motion in parliament and warned against "mob rule".

• Ex-Thai PM to be charged with murder over protest death

  Thailand's former premier Abhisit Vejjajiva is set to be charged with murder on Thursday over the death of a civilian during a military crackdown on anti-government "Red Shirt" rallies two years ago.

• Thousands mark 'Red Shirt' crackdown in Bangkok

  uddhist monks led prayers as tens of thousands gathered in Bangkok to mark the second anniversary of deadly clashes between soldiers and "Red Shirt" protesters. The scene Saturday was a sharp contrast with two years earlier, when Thailand was at war with itself and troops moved in to crush a nine-week anti-government protest that left more than 90...

• Thailand: 'Red Shirts' protest in Bangkok

  Twenty-thousand Red Shirt protesters descended on the streets of Thailand's capital on Sunday, taking over the Bangkok Democracy Monument as they held a peaceful but noisy rally.Marching from the central business district of Ratchaprasong, the anti-government demonstrators arrived at the monument in the afternoon local time and were planning to sta...

• Thailand counts economic loss at $1.5 billion

  The Thai government declared on Thursday it had mostly quelled 10 weeks of violent protests in the capital as buildings still smoldered, but there were some reports of overnight violence in some pockets.While the government regained control of the central commercial district of Bangkok, Thailand's finance ministry estimated the economic damage to t...