Thailand extends emergency rule
Thailand extended emergency rule today over the capital and a quarter of the country for another three months, granting police broad powers to detain suspects for 30 days without charge in an extension of laws implemented earlier this spring amid the nation's worst political violence in decades.
Thailand declared a state of emergency in Bangkok on Tuesday, banning gatherings of more than five people in a bid to clamp down on anti-government protests that erupted into deadly clashes overnight.