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| Blasts rock Bangkok protest hub | |
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| At least four explosions have taken place in the Thai capital, Bangkok, where police are in a tense stand-off with anti-government protesters. | |
| Reports say the blasts, in the business district, injured at least 45 people. | |
| Earlier, a military spokesman warned protesters who have been camped out in Bangkok for six weeks that time for them to leave was running out. | Earlier, a military spokesman warned protesters who have been camped out in Bangkok for six weeks that time for them to leave was running out. |
| The government is under pressure to crack down on the red-shirt protesters, who say they want new elections. | The government is under pressure to crack down on the red-shirt protesters, who say they want new elections. |
| The cause of the explosions was not immediately known, although a police spokesman said at least the first three had been caused by grenades. | The cause of the explosions was not immediately known, although a police spokesman said at least the first three had been caused by grenades. |
| Witnesses said at least one blast occurred at an elevated train station in the heart of the capital's business district. | Witnesses said at least one blast occurred at an elevated train station in the heart of the capital's business district. |
| Thai leaders have said they want a negotiated, peaceful end to the dispute, but observers say a non-violent solution is increasingly unlikely. | Thai leaders have said they want a negotiated, peaceful end to the dispute, but observers say a non-violent solution is increasingly unlikely. |
| The BBC's Rachel Harvey in Bangkok says protesters and police have been in entrenched positions, waiting to see what will happen next. | The BBC's Rachel Harvey in Bangkok says protesters and police have been in entrenched positions, waiting to see what will happen next. |
| The latest explosions could be the catalyst for a confrontation that both sides have been trying to avoid, she adds. | The latest explosions could be the catalyst for a confrontation that both sides have been trying to avoid, she adds. |
| Earlier, army spokesman Col Sunsern Kaewkumnerd warned that the protesters' time to move out was "running out". | |
| "If there is a crack down, innocent people might get hurt," he said. "If we move in, we will attempt to arrest the leaders." | |
| "The government will be very decisive but in the beginning of the operation there may be chaos." | |
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