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Red-shirts ride on a lorry as they leave the army barracks in Bangkok on 15 March 2010
Thai PM rejects protest ultimatum
Thailand's prime minister rejects protesters' demands for his resignation, as red-shirt rallies continue in Bangkok.
Scene at the barracks
In Thaksin's 'red-shirted' country
Thailand's reds and yellows

An Indonesian army commando mans a machinegun in Jakarta on 11 March 2010 'Arms drive' in South East Asia
South East Asian nations are ramping up their military capacity in a move that could destabilise the region, a report says.

Bar sign in China (file image) Chinese official held over diary
A Chinese official whose diary of drunken evenings, corruption and wild women became an online hit is arrested.

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David Miliband at the UK pavilion at the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai, 15 March Diplomatic puzzle
West tries to pin down China's role in the world
Yang Hyo-sik Disconnect
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