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Thai Troops Open Fire On Protesters, 5 Dead – Channel News Asia

Thai troops opened fire on protesters Friday after a military lockdown of vast rally site in the heart of the capital sparked fierce clashes that left five people dead and dozens wounded.

Security forces moved to regain control of a road close to the Suan Lum Night Bazaar, a popular spot with tourists, after “Red Shirt” demonstrators spilled out of their fortified rally base, which was under siege by troops.

The protesters, who are trying to bring down the government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, threw stones, used slingshots and launched fireworks at the troops.

Three journalists, one of them a Canadian with the France 24 television channel, were shot and wounded while covering the violence.

Soldiers used tear gas against the demonstrators, who set fire to piles of tyres in the road, torched an empty police bus and vandalised army vehicles as well as using a water cannon in their efforts to disrupt the lockdown.

Volleys of gunfire rang out through the afternoon, sending people fleeing in panic. At one point troops fired directly at protesters and then advanced up a road, shooting into the air, according to an AFP reporter.

Two hospitals in the area reported a total of five fatalities. The official Erawan emergency centre said 46 people were also injured.

Nelson Rand, a veteran reporter who was covering fighting between troops and protesters for France 24, was hit by three bullets from a military assault rifle and “gravely wounded,” his network reported.

At least 35 people have been killed and about 1,000 injured in Bangkok in a series of confrontations and attacks since the protests began in mid-March.

The mood was tense inside the encampment, which has been fortified with razor wire, truck tyres doused with kerosene and sharpened bamboo poles.

“Abhisit has already started civil war,” top Red Shirt Nattawut Saikuar told reporters.

“We urgently demand the government withdraw the military and stop all violence,” he said. “I don’t know how we can survive tonight if Abhisit does not agree to a ceasefire. We hope that Abhisit does not want war.”

The Reds consider Abhisit’s government illegitimate because it came to power in a 2008 parliamentary vote after a court ruling ousted elected allies of their hero, former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, who was unseated in a 2006 coup.

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Oliver North Confirms Mullah Omar Capture – Big Government

Lt. Colonel Oliver North has confirmed that Taliban leader and Osama bin Laden ally, Mullah Mohammed Omar has been captured. The news of Omar’s capture was broken by Big Government Monday evening.

According to Colonel North, Omar was picked up in Karachi on March 27th by the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI) who placed him under house arrest in what they call “community care.”

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Feds Tell Court They Can Decide What You Eat – WorldNetDaily

Attorneys for the federal government have argued in a lawsuit pending in federal court in Iowa that individuals have no “fundamental right” to obtain what food they choose.

The brief was filed April 26 in support of a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund over the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s ban on the interstate sale of raw milk.

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Republicans Introduce Bill To Prevent Euro Bailout – Washington Post

After a week of preemptive attacks on a possible IMF bailout of Greece, Rep. Mike Pence has introduced the European Bailout Protection Act, aimed at preventing taxpayer dollars from going to a rescue plan.

“This legislation would require that countries like Greece cut spending and put their own fiscal house in order,” says Pence, backed up by other GOP House members, “instead of looking to the United States for a bailout.”

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Holder Hasn’t Read Arizona Law He Criticized – Washington Times

Attorney General Eric Holder, who has been critical of Arizona’s new immigration law, said Thursday he hasn’t read the law and is going by what he’s read in newspapers or seen on television.

Holder is conducting a review of the law, at President Obama’s request, to see if the federal government should challenge it in court. He said he expects to read it by the time his staff briefs him on their conclusions.

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28 Die As Bus Touches High-Voltage Wire In India – ABC News

The electricity supply wire was overhanging the road in Mandla district in Madhya Pradesh state, police officer Ram Pyari Dhurwey said. The bus was carrying 60 people, said police officer Laxmi Pal.

Thirty-two passengers were being treated in two hospitals for electric shock and burn injuries, Pal told The Associated Press. The area is nearly 295 miles (475 kilometers) west of Bhopal, the capital of the state.

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Indonesia Foils Terrorist Coup Plot – CBS News

Indonesian police announced Friday they had uncovered and foiled a plot to assassinate the president and other top officials, massacre foreigners in Mumbai-style attacks and declare an Islamic state.

The attackers planned to launch their assault during this year’s Independence Day ceremony to be attended Aug. 17 by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and the country’s top dignitaries.

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Coal Mine Blast Kills 21 In China – CNN

A coal mine explosion in southwest China killed 21 workers, local officials said Friday. The blast occurred Thursday in a shaft where 31 miners were working in Guizhou Province.

Rescuers told Xinhua that 10 workers escaped from the Yuanyang Colliery mine after the explosion about 9:40 p.m. local time. Officials are investigating the cause of the accident, Xinhua news agency said.

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