Thai police fire tear gas against crowd (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Tue, 10/07/2008 - 2:24am

A riot police officer fires a tear gas shell at anti-government protesters in front of parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008.<br /><br />Police fired tear gas Tuesday at several thousand demonstrators attempting to block access by lawmakers to the Parliament building in the Thai capital.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)AP - Riot police using tear gas clashed Tuesday with several thousand protesters who barricaded Parliament while trying to block Thailand's new prime minister from delivering his first policy speech to lawmakers.

Scores of protesters were injured.



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