The renegade army general who worked for Thailand’s Red Shirt protesters died today, five days after he was shot by a sniper.

Thai authorities today announced they plan to impose a curfew in parts of Bangkok that have been wracked by clashes between Red Shirt protesters and the army.

Thailand’s prime minister has today defended the deadly army crackdown on protesters in Bangkok, saying the country’s very future was at stake.

A Red Shirt aide has said a military strategist involved with protestors in Thailand had been shot in the head as gunfire and explosions echoed through central Bangkok today.

Gunfire and explosions echoed through central Bangkok today hours after the government warned it was going to seal off the area occupied by thousands of protesters.

Thailand’s army said today it would begin limiting supplies of water, food and electricity to protesters camped in central Bangkok in a bid to clear the streets by midnight.

THAI security forces fired live rounds and rubber bullets at protesters during a clash just outside Bangkok yesterday as the Red Shirts tested the government’s vow to contain their disruptive rallies.

Thai troops armed with assault rifles moved into Bangkok’s central business district today to stop thousands of anti-government protesters who had threatened to march down the capital’s “Wall Street”.

Anti-government protesters dug into their encampments around Bangkok and rejected talk of negotiations today after a month-long stand-off escalated into clashes that killed 20 people in Thailand’s worst political violence in nearly two decades.

Protesters in Thailand claimed a symbolic victory today after forcing soldiers to retreat from parts of Bangkok’s historic district, raising tensions in what so far has been a non-violent bid to bring down the government.

Leaders of demonstrations that plunged Thailand’s capital into chaos said today they were calling off their protests after combat troops ringed their last stronghold.

Thai soldiers sprayed automatic weapons fire into the air and threw tear gas to clear protesters blocking roads in the capital in the pre-dawn darkness today.

Thailand has imposed a state of emergency in its capital, Bangkok, and surrounding areas.

Thai riot police today clashed with thousands of protesters who barricaded Parliament and vowed to block the government from leaving.

Thailand’s coup leader has asked the government to impose a state of emergency in Bangkok to prevent supporters of deposed leader Thaksin Shinawatra from staging mass rallies.