| [Straits Times] THAI protesters who led riots in Bangkok last week called for a new rally this weekend, just hours after the prime minister lifted an emergency decree and said the country had return to normal on Friday. The renewed call for protest followed a special parliamentary session that sought to heal the political divide between supporters and opponents of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. But the two marathon sessions were dominated by partisan bickering over who was to blame for the violence and did little to resolve the deepening crisis. |