Thaıland Polıtıcs Unrest

epa02158967 Thai anti government protesters push tyres into place during street battles as they tryget past blocakdes manned by Thai soldiers 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