(8 Oct 2008) SHOTLIST
1. Various of street sweepers cleaning up streets
2. Various of protesters retrieving water bottles from debris
3. Various of line of riot police guarding road leading to Metropolitan Police headquarters
4. Wide of barbed wire, pan to debris scattered on ground in front of riot police
5. Wide of stage set up by protesters inside government house
6. Protesters talking on stage
7. Various of protesters making noise with clappers
8. SOUNDBITE (Thai) Sunee Pantasaeng, protester:
"We are all hoping and dreaming of a new way of politics. I don't know if it's just a hope and dream, but we will try to get there."
9. SOUNDBITE (Thai) Kanit Tantisirivit, protester:
"At this moment, the government should just resign or dissolve the parliament, because of what happened, and because of the attack carried out on its people. No other government in the world does that."
10. Wide of newspaper headlines
11. Close-up of Bangkok Post newspaper headline reading: (English) "Bloodshed"
12. Close-up of Daily Xpress headline reading: (English) "Black October"
13. Pan of headline reading: (English) "Bloodbath in Bangkok"
14. Wide of protest leaders Pipop Thongchai and Somsak Kosaisook sitting down for news conference
15. Cutaway of media
16. SOUNDBITE (Thai) Pipop Thongchai, Protest leader from the People's Alliance for Democracy:
"We confirm that the members of the People's Alliance for Democracy and all of its leaders have the strength and determination to fight in a peaceful and calm manner until the (Somchai) government leaves."
17. Various of protesters inside government house
18. Mid of protester speaking from stage
19. Wide of Thailand Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat walking with officials ++MUTE++
20. Various of Somchai at podium addressing members of the diplomatic corps ++MUTE++
21. Various of audience
STORYLINE
There was an uneasy calm on the streets of Bangkok on Wednesday morning, a day after fierce clashes between
anti-government protesters and police left at least two dead and more than 400 injured.
Hundreds of workers cleared the streets around Parliament that were littered with burned-out cars and debris from rioting Tuesday that degenerated into the worst political violence in more than 16 years.
There was no sign of renewed street clashes on Wednesday between police and urban-based protesters who want sweeping electoral changes to prevent what they say are corrupt politicians exploiting the rural majority to take power.
But Thailand's heated political crisis was far from over.
Troops armed with batons and helmets were stationed at the Bangkok police headquarters near Parliament. A day earlier, the Parliament was a scene of chaos.
Anti-government protesters barricaded the building and trapped lawmakers inside for several hours as police outside fired countless volleys of tear gas trying to clear the area.
On Wednesday, anti-government protesters continued a six-week sit-in on the grounds of the nearby prime minister's office. The government has been forced to conduct its business at the former international airport.
Protest leader Somsak Kosaisuk accused the government of using "weapons of war" against peaceful protesters.
Pipop Thongchai, Protest leader from the People's Alliance for Democracy were determined to continue their fight until the new Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat was removed from office.
"We confirm that the members of the People's Alliance for Democracy and all of its leaders have the strength and determination to fight in a peaceful and calm manner until the (Somchai) government leaves," he added.
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