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Bangkok’s Bloodshed: One Year On » Anti-government ”red shirt” protesters wear hats with pictures of toppled premier Thaksin Shinawatra as they pray during a rally at Ratchaprasong intersection at Bangkok’s shopping district May 19, 2011. Thousands of “red shirt” protesters staged a rally on Thursday to mark the one-year anniversary of Thailand’s worst political violence that ended on May 19 last year.

Anti-government ''red shirt'' protesters wear hats with pictures of toppled premier Thaksin Shinawatra as they pray during a rally at Ratchaprasong intersection at Bangkok's shopping district May 19, 2011. Thousands of "red shirt" protesters staged a rally on Thursday to mark the one-year anniversary of Thailand's worst political violence that ended on May 19 last year.
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Anti-government ”red shirt” protesters wear hats with pictures of toppled premier Thaksin Shinawatra as they pray during a rally at Ratchaprasong intersection at Bangkok’s shopping district May 19, 2011. Thousands of “red shirt” protesters staged a rally on Thursday to mark the one-year anniversary of Thailand’s worst political violence that ended on May 19 last year. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (THAILAND – Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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