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Thailand: Taxi drivers join Red Shirts

Friday, April 10th, 2009 @ 02:15 UTC

by Mong Palatino

Countries:: Thailand
Topics:: Protest, Travel, Politics
Languages:: English

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Thaïlande : Les chauffeurs de taxi se joignent aux “chemises rouges”...

Last December protesters shut down Bangkok airports. Today the Red Shirt protesters are supported by taxi drivers who used their cars to block traffic in the city. See also the reactions of Twitter users to the ongoing protest.

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[...] ago. They were able to gather tens of thousands of protesters in Bangkok. They were supported by taxi drivers who used their cars to block traffic in Victory Monument, a busy intersection in Bangkok. The Red [...]

# 2009-04-13 at 14:47 pm
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[...] stati in grado di radunare decine di migliaia [in] di dimostranti a Bangkok. Li hanno sostenuti i tassisti [in], che hanno usato i loro veicoli per bloccare il traffico a Victory Monument, incrocio assai [...]

# 2009-04-15 at 14:03 pm

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