Mes: agosto 2019

The prime minister, who has broken off negotiations with the protesters occupying parts of central Bangkok, said he hoped to resolve the crisis soon without resorting to force, but appealed for patience. “We recognize that as every day passes by, the people of Thailand suffer, the country suffers, but we want to make sure that there is rule of law,” Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, according to quotes posted on the news channel’s website. “We will try to enforce the law with minimum losses and we will try to find a political resolution, but it takes time, patience and cooperation.” The four-hour closure of Bangkok’s Skytrain caused commuter chaos and raised concerns in the tense capital, where hundreds of soldiers armed with automatic weapons were deployed to guard stations and other major city boulevards. At least 26 people have been killed and nearly 1,000 wounded since protesters known as the Red Shirts – who view the government as illegitimate – began occupying parts of Bangkok in mid-March, closing down five-star hotels and shopping malls and devastating the country’s vital tourism industry. The government has not given a clear statement of how it plans to end the standoff after rejecting a Red Shirt compromise proposal to disband parliament within 30 days instead of immediately. In his interview with CNN, recorded Monday, Abhisit said he could not disband...

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(CBS/AP) NEW YORK – Justin Bieber met fans in a purple leather jacket at Dolce & Gabbana in New York, Michael Kors launched his new Rockefeller Center store with help from the Rockettes, a Ferris wheel went up over Beverly Hills’ Rodeo Drive and crowds of fashionistas spilled into the streets of Paris Thursday as Fashion’s Night Out entered its third year. “I’m wearing Dolce & Gabbana head to toe,” said Bieber, who was signing D&G T-shirts ($195 apiece) for fans in Manhattan, one of hundreds of Fashion’s Night Out events worldwide. Pictures: Fashion’s Night Out 2011Special section: New York Fashion Week Fashion’s Night Out was started in 2009 in New York by Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour as a celebrity-studded way to lure shoppers into stores during the recession, but it’s turned into a global shopping party. Retailers ranging from upscale boutiques to suburban malls to websites have embraced the nocturnal shopping extravaganza, which coincides with the start of New York Fashion Week and the important fall fashion season. Wintour signed September issues of Vogue for fans at an event sponsored by the home shopping channel QVC in Manhattan on Thursday night, while “Gossip Girl” star Leighton Meester performed at Tiffany & Co.’s Fifth Avenue flagship store and Victoria’s Secret models posed with fans at the brand’s SoHo boutique. In Paris, teenage girls mingled with grand dames in Chanel...