In Bangkok, an uneasy calm, smoldering buildings
Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 15:11
in Mathematics & Economics
After a crackdown ends 10 weeks of violent protests, the government says the situation in the capital is largely under control. But die-hard protesters exchange gunfire with troops early in the day. A nighttime curfew is extended. An uneasy calm settled over Bangkok on Thursday after an army crackdown ended 10 weeks of violent protests. Iconic buildings smoldered, soldiers mopped up pockets of...