Shopping center burned down amid violence in Thailand

Shopping center burned down amid violence in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - The Central World shopping center in Bangkok, which houses a branch of Japanese department store Isetan, smolders on the morning of May 20, 2010. Outraged antigovernment demonstrators set fire to many buildings in Bangkok after Thai troops smashed through their barricades on the previous day to end two months of antigovernment protests. (Kyodo)

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