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Thai coup: Military seizes power

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By HT Correspondent
Updated On May 22, 2014 10:25 pm IST
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Soldiers block the access to the Army Club where Thailand's army chief held a meeting with all rival factions during a coup in central Bangkok (Reuters photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on May 22, 2014 10:25 pm IST

Soldiers block the access to the Army Club where Thailand's army chief held a meeting with all rival factions during a coup in central Bangkok (Reuters photo)

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A Thai officer blocks the access to the Army Club where Thailand's army chief held a meeting with all rival factions during a coup in central Bangkok (Reuters photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on May 22, 2014 10:25 pm IST

A Thai officer blocks the access to the Army Club where Thailand's army chief held a meeting with all rival factions during a coup in central Bangkok (Reuters photo)

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Armed Thai soldiers take their positions inside an encampment of pro-government "red shirt" supporters in Nakhon Pathom province on the outskirts of Bangkok (Reuters photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on May 22, 2014 10:25 pm IST

Armed Thai soldiers take their positions inside an encampment of pro-government "red shirt" supporters in Nakhon Pathom province on the outskirts of Bangkok (Reuters photo)

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An anti-government protester reads a newspaper during a gathering Thursday, May 22, 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand (AP photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on May 22, 2014 10:25 pm IST

An anti-government protester reads a newspaper during a gathering Thursday, May 22, 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand (AP photo)

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An armed Thai soldier holds his weapon during a coup at the Army Club where Thailand's army chief held a meeting with all rival factions in central Bangkok (Reuters photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on May 22, 2014 10:25 pm IST

An armed Thai soldier holds his weapon during a coup at the Army Club where Thailand's army chief held a meeting with all rival factions in central Bangkok (Reuters photo)

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A member of the pro-government "red shirt" group gives a traditional greeting to an armed Thai soldier at an encampment in Nakhon Pathom province on the outskirts of Bangkok (Reuters photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on May 22, 2014 10:25 pm IST

A member of the pro-government "red shirt" group gives a traditional greeting to an armed Thai soldier at an encampment in Nakhon Pathom province on the outskirts of Bangkok (Reuters photo)

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Thai soldiers stand on sandbags to set up a bunker outside an area occupied by anti-government protesters Thursday, May 22, 2014 in Bangkok (AP photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on May 22, 2014 10:25 pm IST

Thai soldiers stand on sandbags to set up a bunker outside an area occupied by anti-government protesters Thursday, May 22, 2014 in Bangkok (AP photo)

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An armed Thai soldier takes position behind a military vehcle in the compound of the Army Club shortly after the military staged a coup (AP photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on May 22, 2014 10:25 pm IST

An armed Thai soldier takes position behind a military vehcle in the compound of the Army Club shortly after the military staged a coup (AP photo)

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Anti-government protesters celebrate as they board buses at the Royal plaza to take them back home after the coup was declared in Bangkok. (Reuters Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on May 22, 2014 10:25 pm IST

Anti-government protesters celebrate as they board buses at the Royal plaza to take them back home after the coup was declared in Bangkok. (Reuters Photo)

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A soldier takes up position at the Democracy monument after the coup was declared in Bangkok . Thailand's army chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha took control of the government in the coup saying the army had to restore order and push through reforms, two days after he declared martial law. (Reuters Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on May 22, 2014 10:25 pm IST

A soldier takes up position at the Democracy monument after the coup was declared in Bangkok . Thailand's army chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha took control of the government in the coup saying the army had to restore order and push through reforms, two days after he declared martial law. (Reuters Photo)

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Thai army soldiers stand guard inside the pro-government ''Red shirts'' rally site after they shut it down and cleared all protesters from the site after Thailand's army chief announced that armed forces were seizing power, on the outskirts of Bangkok. (AFP Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on May 22, 2014 10:25 pm IST

Thai army soldiers stand guard inside the pro-government ''Red shirts'' rally site after they shut it down and cleared all protesters from the site after Thailand's army chief announced that armed forces were seizing power, on the outskirts of Bangkok. (AFP Photo)

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