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Mexicans vote elections besieged by drug violence (AP)

July 4th, 2010

A soldier, top left, stands guard inside the headquarters of the Tamaulipas state government in Ciudad Victoria, Mexico, Friday July 2, 2010. Mexico will hold local elections Sunday after the assassination of a gubernatorial candidate Rodolfo Torre, the Institutional Revolutionary Party's candidate for governor of Tamaulipas state.  (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP - More than a dozen Mexican states held elections Sunday after campaigning besieged by assassinations and scandals that displayed drug cartels’ power. The party that ruled Mexico for 71…

Clashes, blasts rattle besieged Bangkok; 22 dead (AP)

May 15th, 2010

Thai army soldiers take position after getting fire from anti-government protesters in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, May 15, 2010. Thai troops faced off against die-hard protesters vowing to defend their fortified encampment in downtown Bangkok on Saturday, following two days of running gunbattles that killed 16 people and wounded nearly 160.(AP Photo/ Manish Swarup)AP - Thailand’s prime minister struck a defiant tone Saturday on national television, saying his government will not bow to demonstrators demanding his resignation.


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Clashes, blasts for 3rd day in besieged Bangkok (AP)

May 15th, 2010

Anti-government demonstrators are arrested by Thai soldiers in downtown Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 14, 2010. Thai troops fired bullets and tear gas at anti-government protesters rioting near the U.S. and Japanese embassies Friday as an army push to clear the streets sparked deadly clashes and turned central Bangkok into a virtual war zone.  (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)AP - Thai troops clashed with protesters for a third day in Bangkok on Saturday, as streets in the center of the Asian metropolis became battlegrounds and authorities struggled to…