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Gates sees progress in tour of Afghan war zone (AP)

September 3rd, 2010

U.S. Marines in the background provide security as a Marine and a U.S. Army Task Force Shadow flight medic, right, rush a Marine wounded in an explosive attack across a  field to a medevac helicopter, west of Lashkar Gah, in southern Afghanistan Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. Aeromedical teams with the 101st Airborne's Task Force Destiny provide the fast medical evacuation of those wounded throughout southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he saw and heard evidence that the U.S. counterinsurgency strategy is taking hold in critical Kandahar province.


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Thai troops storm into Bangkok protest zone, 3 die (AP)

May 19th, 2010

Thai soldiers fire torawds anti-government protesters near a barricade on Wednesday May 19, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. Thai troops opened fire Wednesday into the fortified encampment of anti-government protesters in downtown Bangkok, ramming armored vehicles into its tire-and-bamboo barricade in what appears to be a final crackdown after a week of deadly clashes. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)AP - Thai soldiers with armored vehicles stormed into a fortified encampment occupied by anti-government protesters Wednesday, breaking through bamboo-and-tire barricades in a major military offensive in the heart of…

AP reporter: 2 dead in protest zone (AP)

May 19th, 2010

Thai soldiers take up a defensive position near Lumpini Park in downtown Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, May 19, 2010. Large numbers of Thai troops and armored vehicles marshaled Wednesday near the fortified encampment in downtown Bangkok occupied by thousands of anti-government protesters.  (AP Photo/David Longstreath)AP - An Associated Press reporter has seen the bodies of two people in the protest zone in central Bangkok as Thai troops stormed into the camp.


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Thai troops fire guns, tear gas into protest zone (AP)

May 18th, 2010

Thai soldiers take up positions near Lumpini Park in downtown Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, May 19, 2010.  Thai troops and armored vehicles converged early Wednesday around the barricaded encampment of anti-government protesters in downtown Bangkok and opened fire in what appears to be a final crackdown to disperse them. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)AP - Thai troops opened fire Wednesday into the fortified encampment of anti-government protesters in downtown Bangkok, ramming armored vehicles into its tire-and-bamboo barricade in what appears to be a…

Army: Part of central Bangkok is ‘live fire zone’ (AP)

May 15th, 2010

An anti-government demonstrator throws petrol bomb to Thai soldiers in downtown 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/Vincent Yu)AP - The Thai army has designated an area in central Bangkok as a “live firing zone” in a warning to protesters and local residents.


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Thai plan to choke Red Shirts protest zone on hold (AP)

May 13th, 2010

Thai soldiers stand guard in the area around the AP - The Thai government suspended its plan to cut water and electricity supplies to anti-government demonstrators camped in a posh central Bangkok neighborhood, heeding pleas from residents and foreign…

Water, electricity cuts to Bangkok protest zone (AP)

May 12th, 2010

Thai soldiers stand guard in the area around the AP - The Thai government turned to siege tactics Wednesday after fruitless efforts to compromise with protesters barricaded in central Bangkok, announcing that the army would limit supplies of water,…

Water, electricity cuts to Bankok protest zone (AP)

May 12th, 2010

A portrait of a praying monk is seen through the bamboo and tire barricade surrounding the the 'Red Shirt' encampment, Wednesday, May 12, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. Chances of a negotiated settlement of Thailand's two-month political standoff looked bleak as the prime minister said he would no longer offer anti-government protesters a compromise, including an early election. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)AP - The Thai army said Wednesday it will begin limiting supplies of water, food and electricity to anti-government protesters camped in central Bangkok as part of new measures to…

Searchers locate zone of Air France black boxes (AP)

May 6th, 2010

AP - Investigators have narrowed down the zone in the Atlantic depths where the black box flight recorders of Air France Flight 447 are believed to be located, nearly a…

Work in China’s quake zone switches to rebuilding (AP)

April 19th, 2010

Tibetan children sit inside their temporary makeshift school as they wait for class to start in earthquake-hit Yushu county, northwest China's Qinghai province, Monday, April 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - Heavy construction machinery and trucks carrying aid to earthquake survivors clogged streets Monday morning as this shattered town in remote western China turned to rebuilding, and search teams…