Thaıland Polıtıcs Unrest

epa02159014 Thai anti government protesters take covershout while a man is injured as they battle with soldiers trying to break through Thai soldiers lines preventing them entering  the red shirts protest site during 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