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Thai Police Nab Protest Leader

By the Associated Press

Posted Oct 3, 2008 10:00 AM CDT

(AP) – Thai police detained an anti-government protest leader on insurrection charges today in the first arrest since demonstrators stormed the grounds of the prime minister's office in late August. Police arrested the leader of the People's Alliance for Democracy when his car stopped at a highway... Read full story »

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