<p>Shots have been heard in the Thai capital, Bangkok, where soldiers have moved to disperse anti-government protesters at a major junction.</p>

<p><span>On April 11, <a href="http://www.matichon.co.th/news_detail.php?newsid=1239434193&amp;grpid=01&amp;catid=01">Matichon</a> published a photo of controversial northeastern politician Newin Chidchob riding a motorcycle and, allegedly, commanding the blue shirts in the showdown with the red shirts in Pattaya.<span>&nbsp; <br /> </span></span></p>

<p><span class="Apple-style-span">BANGKOK (Reuters) - Troops fired into the air as Thai anti-government protesters stormed the country's interior ministry on Sunday after Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva declared a state of emergency in the capital.</span></p>

<p><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">April 12 (Bloomberg) -- Thailand declared a state of emergency in Bangkok as violence broke out across the capital after police arrested the leader of an anti-government protest group that stormed a regional leaders&rsquo; summit yesterday, forcing its cancellation.</span></span></p>

<p><span class="Apple-style-span">Reuters - A group of anti-government protesters in Thailand forced their way into the interior ministry on Sunday and soldiers there made no attempt to stop them, a Reuters reporter at the scene said.</span></p>

<p><span class="Apple-style-span">Grant Peck, AP &mdash; Thailand's humiliated government arrested the leader of protesters who shut down a 16-nation Asian summit, and the prime minister vowed further crackdowns as the demonstrators regrouped in the capital for renewed rallies Sunday. &nbsp;Arisman Pongruengrong, who spearheaded Saturday's demonstrations, was taken into custody and detained at the headquarters of Thailand's Border Patrol Police on Bangkok's outskirts, police Maj. Gen. Supon Pansua said.</span></p>

<p><span><span>Reporters Without Borders condemns the use of threats and violence against journalists by anti-government &ldquo;red shirt&rdquo; protesters trying to get the press to increase its estimates of the number of participants in the demonstrations they have been staging for days to press Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to resign.</span></span></p>

<div>Reporters Without Borders, an organisation that defends press freedom worldwide, would like to draw your attention to the case of Suwicha Thakor. This 34-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for emailing altered photos of King Bhumipol Adulyadej. The sentence is disturbing for human rights activists in Thailand and abroad. It could hurt Thailand&rsquo;s international image and give the impression of a country that is intolerant and opposed to press freedom.</div>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span>On April 10, Songkhla Provincial Court postponed the hearing of the Tak Bai case to May 29, because the government had announced the day a special public holiday due to the ongoing political turmoil in Bangkok.</span></p>

<p>China&rsquo;s growing interests in Burma&rsquo;s eastern Shan State, from rubber plantations to wildlife trading, is bringing rapid destructive changes to local communities according to <em>Undercurrents &ndash; Monitoring Development Along Burma&rsquo;s Mekong</em>, released by indigenous researchers today.</p>

<p>The global recovery package agreed at the G20 must not be used as artificial life support for a dying economic model, warns ActionAid.</p>

<p>ARTICLE 19, English PEN and Index on Censorship today expressed concern over the ten-year prison sentence given to Thai blogger Suwicha Thakhor, a 34-year-old father of three.</p>