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Anti-government protesters with national flags gather for a rally at Asok intersection Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand's political crisis ground on Tuesday as the country's prime minister reiterated her refusal to quit as protesters trying to topple her administration blocked key roads in the heart of Bangkok for a second day. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Questions, answers on Thailand political protests

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Blockade: Protesters halt much of the traffic in Bangkok's central business district as part of a campaign to overthrow the Thai prime minister. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Thailand protests prompt security alert for Americans

By Richard S. Ehrlich - Special to The Washington Times

A speaker rallies anti-government protestors with a banner reading: &quot;Shutdown Bangkok&quot; outside the MBK Center shopping mall in the Pathumwan district, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014, in Bangkok, Thailand. Anti-government protesters took over key intersections in Thailand's capital Monday, halting much of the traffic into Bangkok's central business district as part of a months-long campaign to thwart elections and overthrow the democratically elected prime minister. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Thai protesters block roads in bid to shut capital

By Thanyrat Doksone and Todd Pitman - Associated Press

Thai riot police fire rubber bullets at anti-government protesters during a rally at the Labor Ministry in Bangkok, Thailand Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013. Rock-throwing protesters trying to halt preparations for elections fought police in the Thai capital on Thursday, escalating their campaign to topple the country's beleaguered government. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

Thai election body urges delay in polls amid clash

By Papitchaya Boonngok - Associated Press

Thai anti-government protesters, right, push through line of riot police during a rally at the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand Monday, Dec. 23, 2013. About 5,000 protesters took part in the rally and later stormed into the DSI office building when the DSI has charged the protest leaders on illegal demonstrations and frozen their bank accounts last week. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

Thai protesters try to block election sign-up

By Jocelyn Gecker and Jinda Wedel - Associated Press

A masked Thai anti-government protester holds a banner that reads "execute bad people" while gathering outside the Government House following a march rally Monday, Dec. 9, 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand. Desperate to defuse Thailand's deepening political crisis, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Monday said she is dissolving the lower house of Parliament and called for early elections. But the moves did nothing to stem a growing tide of more than 150,000 protesters vowing to overthrow her in one of the nation's largest demonstrations in years. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

Thai prime minister dissolves Parliament, calls elections

By Jocelyn Gecker and Todd Pitman - Associated Press

Anti-government protesters shout slogans at the Democracy Monument in Bangkok on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Thailand crisis deepens as opposition quits Parliament

By Todd Pitman - Associated Press

A frail King Bhumibol Adulyadej (second from left) — along with Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn (from third from left), Princess Chulabhorn, Princess Sirindhorn and Consort Princess Srirasm — arrives at Klai Kangwon Palace in Thailand's Prachuap Khiri Khan province on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013, before a ceremony to celebrate the Thai king's 86th birthday. (AP Photo/Royal Household Bureau)

Thai king urges stability amid political violence

By Grant Peck - Associated Press

An anti-government protester throws back a tear gas canister fired by riot police in Bangkok on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013. Police fought off mobs of rock-throwing protesters armed with petrol bombs who tried to battle their way into the government's heavily fortified headquarters as gunshots rang out in the capital and Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra fled a police complex during the sharpest escalation yet of the country's latest crisis. (AP Photo/Wason Wanitchakorn)

Thai protest leader says he met with prime minister, will fight on

By Thanyarat Doksone - Associated Press

Back and Forth: A protester throws back a tear gas canister fired by riot police in Bangkok as Thailand's political crisis deepens, raising fears of prolonged instability in one of Southeast Asia's biggest economies. (ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS)

Protesters in Thailand threaten prime minister, seize ministries amid deadly demonstrations

By Richard S. Ehrlich - Special to The Washington Times

Anti-government protesters shout slogans outside the headquarters of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's ruling Pheu Thai Party in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Nov. 29, 2013. The protesters staged a rally in a bid to topple Yingluck outside the party headquarters where hundreds of riot police stood guard to prevent them from entering. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

Thai demonstrators storm army HQ, promise bigger protest Sunday

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Anti-government protesters gather outside the Interior Ministry in Bangkok on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013. Demonstrators forced the closure of several government ministries and vowed to take control of state offices nationwide in a bid to oust Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, escalating the biggest challenge she has faced since taking office. (AP Photo/Wason Wnnichakorn)

Thai protesters call for nationwide uprising

By Thanyarat Doksone - Associated Press

Anti-government protesters try to remove barbed wire set up by Thai riot police during a rally in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Nov. 25, 2013. Bangkok braced for major disruptions Monday as a massive anti-government march fanned out to 13 locations in a growing bid to topple the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. (AP Photo/Wason Wanitchakorn)

Thai leader invokes security law amid protests

By Thanyarat Doksone - Associated Press

** FILE ** Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra answers reporters questions during a joint press conference with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, on Wednesday Nov. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Damir Sagolj, Pool)

Thailand’s new prime minister fails to win pardon for fugitive brother

By Richard S. Ehrlich — Special to The Washington Times

A woman struggles to walk as floodwaters gush through a marketplace Thursday in a riverside neighborhood near Bangkok's Grand Palace, built in the 18th century. Clamoring aboard bamboo rafts and army trucks, residents living on the heavily inundated outskirts of Bangkok fled waterlogged homes as floodwaters moved closer to the heart of the Thai capital. (Associated Press)

Flood waters rush into Bangkok

By Todd Pitman and Chris Blake - Associated Press

Thai floods shut Bangkok’s second-largest airport

By Thanyarat Doksone and Todd Pittman - Associated Press

Poor planning dooms Bangkok, businesses in floods

By Richard S. Ehrlich — Special to The Washington Times

Floodwaters seep into outer Bangkok as canals open

By Thanyarat Doksone and Todd Pittman - Associated Press