Thai protesters seeking a change of government planned more shock tactics Wednesday, saying they would pour containers of their own blood at the prime minister's house in the capital. Police in riot gear, however, blocked all approaches to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's residence in the Sukhumvit Road area, home to many wealthy Thais and expatriates. The standoff followed ...

Red-shirted protesters on Wednesday decamped to the residence of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva but their four-day rally in support of their deposed political hero appeared to be petering out. Thousands of "Red Shirts", loyal to fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, began moving across Bangkok from their rally ground near government offices to the affluent Sukhumvit district, most by truck ...

Protesters spilled their own blood at the gates of Thailand's government headquarters Tuesday in a colourful act of political theatre designed to propel their fugitive hero back to power. Thousands of "Red Shirts" loyal to deposed premier Thaksin Shinawatra queued up during the day to donate blood in makeshift tents, where it was poured from syringes into five-litre water ...