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| Thailand calls state of emergency | Thailand calls state of emergency |
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| Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has declared a state of emergency in Bangkok amid rumours of a state coup. | Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has declared a state of emergency in Bangkok amid rumours of a state coup. |
| "I declare Bangkok under a severe state of emergency," he said on television. He is currently at the UN in New York. | "I declare Bangkok under a severe state of emergency," he said on television. He is currently at the UN in New York. |
| The measure came after tanks took up position around the Thai government headquarters in Bangkok, where they blocked traffic. | |
| An army-owned TV station is showing images of the royal family and songs linked in the past with military coups. | An army-owned TV station is showing images of the royal family and songs linked in the past with military coups. |
| Mr Thaksin ordered troops not to "move illegally", Reuters quoted him as saying in a voice broadcast on Thai television . | |
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