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Ron Corben | Bangkok 10 April 2010




An anti-government demonstrator wields 1 stick against soldiers and police during a clash in Bangkok, Thailand, 10 Apr 2010




Thai security forces have launched a major crackdown against anti-government protesters in a bid to end ongoing 2 demonstrations 4. At least ten people were killed and more than 500 people have been injured as protesters prepare to fight against efforts to disperse 5 them from rally sites.


 


Clashes between hundreds of Thai security forces and anti-government demonstrators Saturday led to scores injured as Thai government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejajjiva pushed to end month long demonstrations in the capital Bangkok.


The protests, led by the United Democratic Front against Dictatorship, or UDD, have called for the government to resign and hold new elections. But Mr. Abhisit has resisted despite coming increasing pressure from tens of thousands of protestors and has offered to hold elections in nine months.


Tensions in recent days have escalated 6 after protesters stormed an election commission office and the national parliament building. The government declared a state of emergency. It allows it wide powers in crowd control and controls over the media.


Troops Saturday moved to clear protesters at Phan Fa Le Ha Bridge, where the rallies began on March 12. Clashes were continuing into the early evening.  Official sources said injuries from the clashes were mostly protesters as well as soldiers and the police. The army said it may use rubber bullets and water cannon 7.


Thai government spokesman, Panitan Wattanaygorn, said the crackdown was aimed at returning the city to 'normal' after the month long protests.


"We realize that this is the political demonstration 3 and people may feel they have rights to demonstrate. Although it is very clear from the court order and from the public's view that these demonstrations are not peaceful and they need to be put under the law and order," he said.


UDD leaders had been anticipating a crackdown by authorities after the government declared a state of emergency Wednesday.


UDD protesters, who wear red and are known as red shirts, are supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted 8 in a coup 9 in 2006. He lives overseas to avoid a prison sentence on corruption 10 charges. But many protestors also say they are demonstrating against inequities within Thai society.


Protesters at another rally site within the commercial retail 11 district that has lost millions of dollars in lost revenues, by mid-Saturday evening were awaiting security forces to move against them. But protestors remained defiant 12. There were also signs of police in full riot gear pulling back from red shirt protest lines.  


UDD spokesman, Sean Boonpracong, says the government's strategy would fail to end calls for new elections. The UDD accuse Mr. Abhisit's 16-month-old government of being backed by the military.


"The people may not survive today but they'll be back under a new leadership if they decapitate the current one. And I think it's really unfortunate that Abhisit Vejjajiva to this method [of crackdown]," he said.


The Thai criminal court has issued arrest warrants for over 30 of the UDD leadership.


Also Saturday 30 UDD protestors marched to the U.S. Embassy calling on the U.S. government to send a fact-finding mission to determine whether the Thai government has violated human rights.


Mr. Abhisit is facing the most severe crisis since red shirt protests last year led to the cancellation 13 of an Asian leaders' summit after protesters invaded a conference center. Troops then had also been called into the capital to quell 14 street violence and civil disobedience.


 



手持着使用(武器、工具等)( wield的第三人称单数 ); 具有; 运用(权力); 施加(影响)
  • She wields enormous power within the party. 她操纵着党内大权。
  • He remains chairman, but wields little power at the company. 他还是主席,但在公司没有什么实权了。
adj.进行中的,前进的
  • The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
  • The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。
n.表明,示范,论证,示威
  • His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
  • He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。
证明( demonstration的名词复数 ); 表明; 表达; 游行示威
  • Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
  • The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。
vi.使分散;使消失;vt.分散;驱散
  • The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.那些牛甩动着尾巴驱赶苍蝇。
  • The children disperse for the holidays.孩子们放假了。
v.(使)逐步升级( escalate的过去式和过去分词 );(使)逐步扩大;(使)更高;(使)更大
  • The fighting escalated into a full-scale war. 这场交战逐步扩大为全面战争。
  • The demonstration escalated into a pitched battle with the police. 示威逐步升级,演变成了一场同警察的混战。
n.大炮,火炮;飞机上的机关炮
  • The soldiers fired the cannon.士兵们开炮。
  • The cannon thundered in the hills.大炮在山间轰鸣。
驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 ); 革职; 罢黜; 剥夺
  • He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
  • He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。
n.政变;突然而成功的行动
  • The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
  • That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。
n.腐败,堕落,贪污
  • The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
  • The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
v./n.零售;adv.以零售价格
  • In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
  • These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。
adj.无礼的,挑战的
  • With a last defiant gesture,they sang a revolutionary song as they were led away to prison.他们被带走投入监狱时,仍以最后的反抗姿态唱起了一支革命歌曲。
  • He assumed a defiant attitude toward his employer.他对雇主采取挑衅的态度。
n.删除,取消
  • Heavy seas can cause cancellation of ferry services.海上风浪太大,可能须要取消渡轮服务。
  • Her cancellation of her trip to Paris upset our plan.她取消了巴黎之行打乱了我们的计划。
v.压制,平息,减轻
  • Soldiers were sent in to quell the riots.士兵们被派去平息骚乱。
  • The armed force had to be called out to quell violence.不得不出动军队来镇压暴力行动。
学英语单词
abdominal cavities
accelerator ZDMC
agrip
alginic acid
anacanthus
anti-bottom quark
arrested failure
associated emission
banderol, banderole
basic separating
basosexine
Belling saccharimeter
bepitying
Biassini
bitterweeds
cammaron
capital of Oklahoma
change-over channel steamer
charge-storage diode
chloralkaline
chlorobenzyl chloride
cholecystokinin (cck)
complemeent (darlington 1932)
correlation analysis method
countervailing
deformation loss
detectable effect
dimethyldihydroresorcinol
direct-current grid bias
distributed feedback
dyadic array
electronic shower
Elsholtzia hunanensis
filter editor
food and beverage expenses
footlongs
glass reinforced concrete glass
grant woods
harangue
heading per steering compass
herringbone pipe
hewsons
hinchleys
Holter system
incipient incision
incipient scorch
Incomati (Komati)
internal strapped block
isoolivil
laser-Raman spectrometry
laxogenin
leakage and drip
Lisfranc's tubercle
lobes
macgregor hatch cover
maximum colour acuity
medium irrigated emulsion
metachromatic bodies
Molatón
Morinville
nabzenil
negotiated meaning
nitrogen-to-protein conversion factor
non-americans
offspringless
organizatory
Otego
Over-allotment option
OWRS
Panax schin-seng Nees
Passengers Ships in Inland Waters
pastoral stage
pentetate
petersen sir elutriator
phase interchange rate
Polygonum patulum
pteroxygonum giraldii dammer et diels
rabelo
relieve stress
schwalb
scratch resistance
seat cover for vehicle
security option
seen with half an eye
self starter
sequential data structure
setting-out work
shapiro-wilk test
side by side display
superimposed preeclampsia
sweated joint
telocollinites
tendon lengthening
thermal radiation destruction distance
topological relation
total equity
ultraviolet dwarf
uredinology
Vilyuy
virtual volume
volumetrics
xanthohumol