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Thai gov't decides not to declare curfew in Bangkok

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-05-16 19:29
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BANGKOK - The Thai government's Center for Resolution of Emergency Situation (CRES) on Sunday decided not to impose a curfew in capital Bangkok right now, Aksara Kerdpol, the Army's assistant chief of staff, said.  

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The government "now can control the situation," the Thai Army's assistant chief of staff told the nation during a live television program.

The curfew's imposition might negatively affect the normal life of the general public, he explained.

His address to the nation was made after a CRES meeting, starting from about 02:30 pm, to decide whether it was essential to impose the curfew amid the ongoing anti-government rally in central Bangkok.
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