Warning From Thai Court not to use emergency powers to disperse crowds

Anti-government protesters cheer as they listen to a leader's speech at a Defence Ministry compound in north Bangkok, which is serving as a temporary office for Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra February 19, 2014. A Thai court endorsed on Wednesday Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's declaration of a state of emergency, a day after five people were killed in gunbattles in Bangkok, but warned the government not to use it to disperse peaceful protesters.

The country's police chief said the court ruling would not affect...Continue >>>