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Two months after Thailand's army routed the anti-government redshirt protest movement from central Bangkok, 16 provinces including Bangkok remain under emergency law, as the now-dormant redshirt movement goes underground.

A Thailand government peace plan is viewed with skepticism by opposition leaders as the fallout from recent political violence continues.

May 25, 2010 (Reuters, Michael Perry) - Thousands of Bangkok residents, angered by the riots that devastated their city, used razor knives on Sunday to scratch off anti-government posters and brooms to sweep away tonnes of rubbish left by protesters.

May 21st (BBC News) - Thai PM Abhisit Vejjajiva says order has been restored to the capital, Bangkok, and throughout the country.

May 20th (BBC News) - Thai authorities have extended a curfew in Bangkok for three more nights, following Wednesday's army operation against anti-government protesters.

May 19th (BBC News) - Thailand's authorities have put the capital Bangkok under curfew after red-shirt protest leaders surrendered as troops stormed their barricades.

May 17, 2010 (Reuters, Ambika Ahuja) - Thai protesters defied warnings to disperse on Monday as troops tightened a security cordon, putting the army on a collision course with thousands of demonstrators who say they are willing to fight to the death.

Threats, carrots, and sticks have all failed to dislodge red shirt protestors from central Bangkok. As violence continues to harden positions on both sides of the barricades, widespread civil strife is becoming more and more likely. 

May 14th (BBC News) - A renegade Thai general who backs anti-government protesters has been shot, shortly after a deadline for troops to seal their Bangkok protest camp passed.

May 14th (Al Jazeera) - Gunfire and loud explosions have been heard in central Bangkok near the area where the red shirt protesters are camped out, after they ignored a deadline to end their two months of street rallies.