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...protesters had been marching since early morning from the old quarter of Bangkok several miles away, where some 100,000 of them had gathered Sunday evening to demand Abhisit call a new election. As they marched, they were cheered on by workers who migrated to Bangkok from rural areas, and ignored or looked at with disdain by middle-class residents of the capital who fear a repeat of the violence the demonstrators wrought during a similar protest last April...
Tens of thousands of demonstrators surged the Thai capital on Sunday, pushing Thailand towards a tense political standoff as leaders of an anti-government protest movement threatened to paralyze Bangkok unless Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva resigns within 24 hours and calls for a new election. (See photos of last year's protests in Thailand...
...Still, the threat to paralyze Bangkok yet again has put the city on edge. Many roads in the normally traffic-choked capital were virtually empty on Sunday. Last April, the red shirts, staging a similar protest, rioted in several spots around Bangkok, setting buses on fire, attacking the Prime Minister's car, and threatening to blow up a housing project with gas tanker trucks. The government called on the military to restore order, and troops cleared the streets without bloodshed. Conversely, anti-Thaksin demonstrators, called the yellow shirts, invaded and occupied government offices and Bangkok International Airport, shutting it down...
...should have let it happen on its own.' If guys got a little rough on the racetrack and NASCAR didn't do anything about it, the drivers would have figured it out. When they said, 'Have at it,' that was an invitation. When something happens like what happened Sunday, you've got no recourse." (See how NASCAR came to the rescue of Haiti orphans...
...risk is that the soft penalty for Edwards sets the stage for a demolition derby on Sunday - a potentially lethal one. NASCAR is seeking a middle ground between safety and entertainment. "What Carl Edwards did was unacceptable," says Ramsey Poston, NASCAR's communication chief. "So what I don't want out there is the suggestion that because there wasn't a fine or a suspension, we are saying, 'This is O.K.' This is clearly not the case. Carl Edwards clearly understands where we are. And he understands what this means...