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Bangkok bleeds
n Thailand witnesses worst political unrest in two decades n ‘Red Shirt’ leaders say country on the brink of civil war n Protesters want Parliament dissolved n PM firm on crackdown on protesters n Death toll touches 29
Violence in the centre of the Thai capital has left at least 29 persons dead and more than 50 injured as the Prime Minister vowed there would be no turning back and the army threatened a final crackdown on the Red Shirts’ encampment.

Protesters seek talks
Thaksin’s accounts under lens

A ‘Red Shirt’ protester burns tyres on a deserted road during a rally in Bangkok on Sunday. — Reuters

Anti-government protesters fire home-made rockets on a Thai soldier in Bangkok on Sunday. — AP/PTI

2 dead in stampede at Delhi railway station
New Delhi, May 16
Mismanagement of operations by the Northern Railways this afternoon led to a stampede at New Delhi Railway Station, killing two persons, including a child, and injuring nine. 
The stampede site at New Delhi railway station. Tribune photo: Manas Ranjan Bhui

Alert in Phagwara as dera head shot dead
Hoshiarpur/Phagwara, May 16
An alert has been sounded in Phagwara sub-division and its adjoining areas after unidentified assailants shot dead the head of Dera Mai Dass (Nirmali sect), Sant Pradhan Singh, at Baddon village of Hoshiarpur district today morning.

Munda BJP pick for Jharkhand
Ranchi, May 16
After getting a nod from the leadership to go ahead with government formation in Jharkhand, senior BJP leader Arjun Munda tonight met Chief Minister Shibu Soren, but it appears that a consensus is not evolved to end the three-week-old political crisis in the state. Munda, who was closeted with Soren and his son Hemant at the latter’s residence for about 50 minutes, drove away to his house without speaking to the media.

Call for anti-Posco protests
Bhubaneswar, May 16
Agitated over the police action injuring several protesters opposing setting up of Posco steel plant in the state, Left parties and certain anti-project outfits today called statewide protests on May 20 and 21.

Access to Headley
Krishna to hold talks with Clinton
New Delhi, May 16
India and the US will work out processes to give Indian investigators access to David Headley, a planner of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, and the issue will figure during their Strategic Dialogue in Washington next month.