Bangkok - Thai police Friday forced their way through protesters to enter a government building in a compound that anti-government protesters seized Tuesday.

Police said they were not there to disperse the demonstrators, although protest leaders claimed they were.

"We are not dispersing the crowd. Police did not use force on protesters because this is a sensitive matter," deputy police spokesman Major General Surapol Thuanthong said.

Bangkok  - Thailand's exports hit a record high of about 17 billion US dollars in July, but the month still saw a trade deficit with imports hitting about 18 billion dollars, the Fiscal Policy Offi

Bangkok  - Thailand's criminal court issued arrest warrants Wednesday for eight leaders of an anti-government protest group that took over several state buildings to try to force the administration to resign.

Tens of thousands of People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) supporters seized several government buildings early Tuesday and held them most of the day until they converged near the prime minister's compound in the evening.

Bangkok - Supporters of an anti-government movement seized a government-run television station Tuesday and forced it off the air in what they called their final showdown with Thailand's current administration.

People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) supporters seized the National Broadcasting Service of Thailand (NBT) in Bangkok and have demanded Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej and his cabinet step down.

Police Tuesday morning threatened to arrest PAD leaders Sondhi Limthongkul and Chamlong Srimuang, but had yet to do so.

Earlier Sondhi called Tuesday "the last whistle blow" in their efforts to topple Samak's government.

Bangkok - Laos plans to build a 12-kilometre wall along the Mekong River to prevent future flooding in the capital, Vientiane, which has been hard hit this month by the worst inundation in 100 years, Lao media reports said Thursday.

Deputy Prime Minister Somsavat Lengsavad, who is also president of the anti-flood committee of Vientiane, said the government would seek loans from abroad to finance the dike construction, which would hopefully begin in the next dry season, Radio Laos said in a broadcast monitored in Bangkok.