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11-30-2008, 07:11 PM
Thai political crisis worsens; Bangkok airports remain closed
By Ambika Ahuja, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BANGKOK, Thailand - Government supporters from the Thai countryside converged on the capital Sunday to counter rival protesters who have seized control of Bangkok's two airports and forced the prime minister to run the country from afar.
Neither the army nor Thailand's revered king have stepped in to resolve the crisis - or offered the firm backing that Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat needs to resolve the leadership vacuum.
The problem runs deeper than the airport closures, which have stranded up to 100,000 travellers, including dozens of Canadians, strangled the key tourism industry and affected plane schedules worldwide. Political violence has added to the sense of drift bordering on anarchy that pervades the country's administration.Story continued....
(http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2008/10/22/7167971-ap.html)
By Ambika Ahuja, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BANGKOK, Thailand - Government supporters from the Thai countryside converged on the capital Sunday to counter rival protesters who have seized control of Bangkok's two airports and forced the prime minister to run the country from afar.
Neither the army nor Thailand's revered king have stepped in to resolve the crisis - or offered the firm backing that Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat needs to resolve the leadership vacuum.
The problem runs deeper than the airport closures, which have stranded up to 100,000 travellers, including dozens of Canadians, strangled the key tourism industry and affected plane schedules worldwide. Political violence has added to the sense of drift bordering on anarchy that pervades the country's administration.Story continued....
(http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2008/10/22/7167971-ap.html)