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Human rights group says peasants beaten over China dam protest
11:04:45, 10 October 2008, Radio Australia News
A human rights group says Chinese police have arrested and beaten unconscious peasants who were peacefully protesting official corruption that was responsible for a weak dam and left their homes vulnerable to catastrophic flooding.
Thai capital on alert following protest clashes
12:19:24, 9 October 2008, Radio Australia News
Security forces are patrolling the streets of Thailand's capital, Bangkok, in an effort to maintain calm a day after deadly clashes.
Thai PM says it's business as usual after deadly clashes
01:49:05, 9 October 2008, Radio Australia News
Diplomats in Thailand are urging the new government to address political differences in the wake of yesterday's deadly street clashes between anti-government protesters and police.
Thai PM says its business as usual after deadly clashes
21:06:59, 8 October 2008, Radio Australia News
Thailand's Prime Minister, Somchai Wongsawat, says it's business as usual in the kingdom, despite yesterday's deadly clashes between police and anti-government demonstrators.
Thai riot police clash with protesters
09:10:19, 8 October 2008, Radio Australia News
Thai riot police have used more tear gas and stun grenades during a day of street fighting in Bangkok with anti-government protesters in which two people were killed and nearly 400 injured.
![Trading was suspended on Wednesday after the index sank 10.4 per cent due to panic over the prospects of global financial turmoil. [AFP]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/indon_stockexchange_afp_091008.jpg "Trading was suspended on Wednesday after the index sank 10.4 per cent due to panic over the prospects of global financial turmoil. [AFP]")
![Thousands of police have been deployed in the area where parliament house, the main metropolitan police headquarters and government house are located. [AFP]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/thai_protestclash_afp_081008.jpg "Thousands of police have been deployed in the area where parliament house, the main metropolitan police headquarters and government house are located. [AFP]")
![President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, the islands' leader for the past 30 years, faces five bitter rivals in the poll. [AFP]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/maldives_gayoom_afp_061008.jpg "President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, the islands' leader for the past 30 years, faces five bitter rivals in the poll. [AFP]")
![Anti-government demonstrators try to take cover after riot police fired tear gas at protesters blocking Parliament in Bangkok. [Reuters]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/thai_protest_rtr_071008.jpg "Anti-government demonstrators try to take cover after riot police fired tear gas at protesters blocking Parliament in Bangkok. [Reuters]")
![Smoke rises from Mount Soputan on the outskirts of Manado of Indonesia's North Sulawesi province. [Reuters]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/indon_soputan_rtr_071008.jpg "Smoke rises from Mount Soputan on the outskirts of Manado of Indonesia's North Sulawesi province. [Reuters]")
![The quake was felt over a wide area and razed the village of Nura of 960 residents in the Tian Shan mountains at an altitude of 2,000 metres. [AFP]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/kyrgyz_quake_afp_061008.jpg "The quake was felt over a wide area and razed the village of Nura of 960 residents in the Tian Shan mountains at an altitude of 2,000 metres. [AFP]")
