In Thailand, mounting violence has triggered renewed efforts to start talks between the government and protesters.
Threat of Increasing Thai Violence Opens Way to Fresh Talks
![Pro-government supporters protest as they build a barricade to block the gate of National Anti-Corruption Commission office in Bangkok, Feb. 27, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/de4fc242-cd41-4bc6-be72-79818811000b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pro-government supporters protest as they build a barricade to block the gate of National Anti-Corruption Commission office in Bangkok, Feb. 27, 2014.
![Pro-government supporters dump sand to build a barricade in front of the gate of National Anti-Corruption Commission office in Bangkok, Feb. 27, 2014. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/c120d3f7-88a2-4f24-9fb9-45a4c60e6680_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pro-government supporters dump sand to build a barricade in front of the gate of National Anti-Corruption Commission office in Bangkok, Feb. 27, 2014.
![A Thai soldier lies under a truck to take a nap at National Anti-Corruption Commission office in Bangkok, Feb. 27, 2014. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/e6dd0ff2-489d-43f4-b8bc-42eb1382aa47_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Thai soldier lies under a truck to take a nap at National Anti-Corruption Commission office in Bangkok, Feb. 27, 2014.
![A police officer watches pro-government supporters building a barricade to block the gate of National Anti-Corruption Commission office in Bangkok, Feb. 27, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/cb1c74fe-fa28-4208-9761-3a6fc2984c70_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A police officer watches pro-government supporters building a barricade to block the gate of National Anti-Corruption Commission office in Bangkok, Feb. 27, 2014.
![Protesters chant slogans in support of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her government outside the gate of the National Anti-Corruption Commission office in Bangkok, Feb. 27, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/520f3a68-73e9-4ac1-b0f9-63ce6e425f24_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Protesters chant slogans in support of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her government outside the gate of the National Anti-Corruption Commission office in Bangkok, Feb. 27, 2014.
![A pro-government supporter passes t-shirts with portraits of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her self-exiled brother Thaksin at the gate of the National Anti-Corruption Commission office in Bangkok, Feb. 27, 2014. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/b0ea1875-f42c-4a59-95ff-a0eed428845f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A pro-government supporter passes t-shirts with portraits of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her self-exiled brother Thaksin at the gate of the National Anti-Corruption Commission office in Bangkok, Feb. 27, 2014.
![Soldiers walk outside the National Anti-Corruption Commission office in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Feb. 27, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d3109655-ed74-4729-9bd1-286940514476_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Soldiers walk outside the National Anti-Corruption Commission office in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Feb. 27, 2014.
![Navy veteran William Englert passes out U.S. flags to the crowd attending Memorial Day ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery, May 25, 2015. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/1c1e78da-1e53-48ff-ae72-de6ae321bd54_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Navy veteran William Englert passes out U.S. flags to the crowd attending Memorial Day ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery, May 25, 2015.
![The body of one of the siblings killed in a bomb blast near an anti-government protest site on Feb. 23 is prepared for a funeral at a Buddhist temple, Bangkok, Feb. 24, 2014. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/cd036529-0161-4504-9d89-e2f6281b671c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The body of one of the siblings killed in a bomb blast near an anti-government protest site on Feb. 23 is prepared for a funeral at a Buddhist temple, Bangkok, Feb. 24, 2014.
![Tayakorn Yos-ubon, left, the father of two children killed in a bomb attack on Feb. 23 at an anti-government protest site, holds their portrait as he waits with a monk for their bodies at a hospital in Bangkok, Feb. 24, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ef02742d-751d-4dd2-b7f6-a98deea2b024_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Tayakorn Yos-ubon, left, the father of two children killed in a bomb attack on Feb. 23 at an anti-government protest site, holds their portrait as he waits with a monk for their bodies at a hospital in Bangkok, Feb. 24, 2014.