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Major shopping mall looted, torched in Bangkok (AP)

May 19th, 2010

Smoke rises from burning fires in downtown Bangkok, Thailand, following the surrender of anti-government leaders to the police Wednesday, May 19, 2010. The Thai government is attempting to end the two month long standoff with Red Shirt protestors with a massive military crackdown. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)AP - One of Thailand’s biggest shopping malls, Central World, was engulfed in flames after rioting protesters torched it in the aftermath of a military crackdown.


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