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Thai soldiers advance towards protestors near Victory Monument on April 13, 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand. Prime Minister Abhisit has called for calm as clashes between the Thai army and anti government protestors have escalated, esulting in reports of the army having fired live rounds over the heads and into crowds of demonstrators. ***** Images
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Thai soldiers use water cannons to extinguish flames on a bus torched by supporters of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra near Victory Monument on April 13, 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand. Prime Minister Abhisit has called for calm as clashes between the Thai army and anti government protestors have escalated, resulting in reports of the army having fired live rounds over the heads and into crowds of demonstrators. ***** Images
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A Thai soldier wears a gas mask as they clear a road blocked by supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra near Victory Monument on April 13, 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand. Prime Minister Abhisit has called for calm as clashes between the Thai army and anti government protestors have escalated, esulting in reports of the army having fired live rounds over the heads and into crowds of demonstrators. ***** Images
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An armed soldier wears a gas mask as they clear a road blocked by supporters of ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in Bangkok April 13, 2009. Thai troops fired repeatedly into the air in Bangkok on Monday after anti-government protesters torched a bus at a main junction, forcing the demonstrators to pull back, a Reuters reporter said. Reuters
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Thai soldiers stand guard in front of a burned bus during a clash with supporters of ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra in Bangkok on April 13, 2009. Thai troops launched a crackdown to enforce a state of emergency in Bangkok, firing warning shots and tear gas as anti-government protesters hurled petrol bombs in clashes that left 70 injured. ***** Images
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Thai soldiers capture an anti-government protestor near downtown Monday, April 13, 2009, in Bangkok, Thailand. Thai authorities have declared a state of emergency shutting down rail service as soldiers continue to battle against anti-government demonstrators. AP Photo
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A protester throws a fire bomb after soldiers cleared during a protest near Victory Monument on April 13, 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand. Prime Minister Abhisit has called for calm as clashes between the Thai army and anti government protestors have escalated, resulting in reports of the army having fired live rounds over the heads and into crowds of demonstrators. ***** Images
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Thai soldiers take cover from a petrol bomb hurled by a protestor during a protest near Victory Monument on April 13, 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand. Prime Minister Abhisit has called for calm as clashes between the Thai army and anti government protestors have escalated, resulting in reports of the army having fired live rounds over the heads and into crowds of demonstrators.
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Iraqi police officers guard the Virgin Mary Chaldean Christian church during the Sunday Easter mass in Baghdad on April 12, 2009. Easter is an important celebration of the Christian faith commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, three days after his death by crucifixion. ***** Images
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A member of the Iraqi security forces stands guard at the entrance of the Kirkuk's Chaldean Cathedral during the Sunday Easter mass on April 12, 2009. Christians make up around three percent of Iraq's overwhelmingly Muslim 29 million population and are mostly concentrated in the relatively stable Kurdish autonomous north of the country. According to Christian leaders, 250,000 of the 800,000 Christians who lived in Iraq before the invasion six years ago that ousted dictator Saddam Hussein, have now left the country.
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A federal police officer takes pictures at the site where two Tijuana's police officers were shot and injured in Tijuana, Mexico, Saturday, April 11, 2009. Drug violence has spiked since Mexico's President Felipe Calderon began a national crackdown on organized crime in 2006. Battles among cartels, their rivals and soldiers have led to nearly 9,000 deaths and a cross-border crime spillover. AP Photo
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Israeli police officers, riding horses, disperse right wing activists during a protest in the southern town of Sderot, Sunday, April 12, 2009. The right-wing activists gathered in Sderot on Sunday and were stopped by the police from marching towards the former settlement bloc of Gush Katif in the Gaza Strip. AP Photo