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Police fire tear gas against crowd (AP)
07 10 2008

An anti-government protester, center, gets help from her fellows as they flee from tear gas smoke in front of parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. Police fired tear gas Tuesday at several thousand demonstrators attempting to block access by lawmakers to the Parliament building in the Thai capital. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

AP - Police fired tear gas Tuesday at several thousand demonstrators attempting to block access by lawmakers to the Parliament building in the Thai capital.

Europe governments go their own way on crisis (AP)
07 10 2008

A trader reacts as he watches financial markets on a computer in Paris, at Meesschaert Asset Management. Desperate new measures by governments in Europe and North America to stabilise the financial system failed to stop panic selling that swept global markets Monday amid deepening gloom at the scope of the banking crisis.(AFP/Patrick Kovarik)

AP - Individual European governments issued a flurry of deposit guarantees to shore up their banks but fell short of any coordinated action Monday to deal with the crisis sweeping financial markets, even as stock markets crashed and the euro sank to its lowest level for over a year.

Police fire tear gas against crowd (AP)
07 10 2008

Anti-government protestors in Bangkok. Thai police fired tear gas to try and disperse thousands of anti-government protesters massing outside parliament on Tuesday, injuring at least ten people, police and medical officials said(AFP/File/Saeed Khan)

AP - Police fired tear gas Tuesday at several thousand demonstrators attempting to block access by lawmakers to the Parliament building in the Thai capital.

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