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November 25, 2008

Protesters swarm Thai airport, takeoffs suspended

By Margaret Bassett

Political tensions simmering for two years have boiled over in recent months, but Tuesday's violent confrontations in Bangkok - which saw protesters using slingshots, knives and gunfire on a busy street and tourists caught up in the airport chaos- marked a dramatic escalation.

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Political tensions simmering for two years have boiled over in recent months, but Tuesday's violent confrontations in Bangkok - which saw protesters using slingshots, knives and gunfire on a busy street and tourists caught up in the airport chaos- marked a dramatic escalation.

Authors Bio:
Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.

Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.

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