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May 18, 2010
Deadly mayhem grips Bangkok
BANGKOK (AP) -- The Thai government rejected a proposal Tuesday for peace talks with leaders of the Red Shirt protesters to end the deadly mayhem gripping Bangkok, saying negotiations cannot start until the demonstrators disperse. The decision set back hopes of stemming the crisis after six days of violence that has left 38 people dead and destabilized a country once regarded as one of Southeast Asia's strongest democracies. Thousands of anti-government Red Shirts, many rural poor, remain camped behind barricades to press their demand for quick national elections. Their sympathizers battled soldiers in nearby streets. (29 images)

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An anti-government protester 'Red Shirt' throws a tire toward a burning truck as the violence in central Bangkok continues on May 16, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. So far at least 154 have been injured and over 20 killed in the clashes as the military and the government launched an operation to disperse anti-government protesters who have closed parts of the city for two months. A state of emergency is in effect that spreads to 17 provinces in the country. The Thai army declared certain protest areas where clashes are taking place as a "Live Fire Zone." Getty Images / Athit Perawongmetha


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An anti-government protester fires a firecracker loaded in a slingshot at Thai military forces during street clashes as the violence in central part of the city escalates on May 15, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. Getty Images / Andy Nelson



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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. AFP / Getty Images / Manan Vatsyayana



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An anti-government protester 'Red Shirt' kneels down as he runs away from the gunfire as the violence in central Bangkok continues on May 16, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. Getty Images / Athit Perawongmetha



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A red shirt anti-government protester receives help from others after being shot in the head as the violence in central Bangkok continues on May 17, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. Getty Images / Athit Perawongmetha



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A Red Shirt anti-government protester fires a sling-shot towards security officers on the Rama 4 road in Bangkok on May 18, 2010. AFP / Getty Images / Manan Vatsyayana



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A protester shouts in the direction of soldiers manning a post, using a plastic road divider, as other look on, in Bangkok, Thailand,Tuesday, May 18, 2010. AP / Manish Swarup



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An anti-government protester fires a slingshot at Thai soldiers on Sunday May 16, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. The country imposed a curfew Sunday and sent Red Cross workers to evacuate women and children from Bangkok's deadly protest zone. AP / Vincent Yu



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Anti-government protesters take cover as others run out during a standoff with Thai soldiers at an intersection on Saturday May 15, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. AP / Wong Maye-E



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A Thai anti-government red shirt protester throws wood onto a fire on a major Bangkok street as clashes continued on May 17, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. Getty Images



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An anti-government protester composes himself after witnessing a man being shot on Saturday May 15, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. AP / Wong Maye-E



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Local Thais watch anti-government protesters from a behind a barricade at a stand off with Thai military, Sunday, May 16, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. AP / Wally Santana



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A Thai anti-government red shirt protester sleeps at a barricade as violence continued on May 17, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. Getty Images



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A broken window in a burned out shop is seen as a redshirt protester runs by as violence continues on May 16, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. Getty Images / Paula Bronstein



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An anti-government protester 'Red Shirt' throws a molotov cocktail toward Thai security forces as the violence in central Bangkok continues on May 16, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. Getty Images / Athit Perawongmetha



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Anti-government protester 'Red Shirt' fires a homemade fire cracker toward Thai security forces as the violence in central Bangkok continues on May 16, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. Getty Images / Athit Perawongmetha



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Thai demonstrators use an improvised passage to move from street to street in an area of clashes with the army in downtown Bangkok on May 18, 2010. AFP / Getty Images / Pedro Ugarte



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A Red Shirt anti-government protester uses binoculars to look at soldiers on the Rama 4 road in Bangkok on May 18, 2010. AFP / Getty Images / Manan Vatsyayana



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A resident runs in a street near Ding Daeng intersection in Bangkok on May 17, 2010. AFP / Getty Images / Nicolas Asfouri



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Thai men move the body of a man killed during clashes between demonstrators and security forces in Bangkok on May 15, 2010. AFP / Getty Images / Pedro Ugarte



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A Thai Red-Shirt anti-government protester runs with a jerry-can after setting tires on fire on Rama IV road in Bangkok on May 18, 2010. AFP / Getty Images / Manan Vatsyayana



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Soldiers arrest red shirt anti-government protesters as violence in central Bangkok escalates on May 14, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. Getty Images / Paula Bronstein



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A Thai soldier rests during a clash with anti-government red shirt protesters during continuing street violence on May 16, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. Getty Images



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A Thai soldier looks through binoculars in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, May 17, 2010. AP / Wason Wanichakorn



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A Thai soldier takes his position on Monday, May 17, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. AP / Wason Wanichakorn



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Supporters of Maj. Gen. Khattiya Sawasdiphol pay last respects at his funeral Monday, May 17, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. Sawasdiphol, the military strategist of the Red Shirts succumbed Monday to a gunshot wound from a sniper attack last week. Red Shirts offered peace talks Monday to end raging street battles in Bangkok as a government deadline demanding the demonstrators vacate a protest zone passed without capitulation. AP / Vincent Yu



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A monk visits with Thai anti-government red shirt protesters at a major clash point as violence continued on May 17, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. Getty Images



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Thai Buddhist monks gather Sunday, May 16, 2010, at Victory Monument in Bangkok, Thailand to chant prayers for peace. AP / David Longstreath



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Thai monks lead a prayer with Red shirt protesters inside the Rachprasong red's encampment as the government deadline passes for the remaining protesters to leave May 17, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. Getty Images / Paula Bronstein



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