Thaıland Polıtıcs Unrest

epa02159003 Thai soldiers with guns as they hold a perimeter of closed central Bangkok streets preventing anyone from entering the red shirts protest siteare battled by anti government protesters wanting to get in , in violent street battles  in Bangkok , Thailand , 16 May 2010 . Fighting over the past two days has left 24 people dead198 injured . The government has launched a blockade of the area around Ratchaprasong , Bangkok?s upmarket commercial district to force the protesters from their protest site but the hard lines leaders of the red shirts from the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship ( UDD ) are refusing to move .  EPA/BARBARA WALTON