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Edition: U.S. Article Comments (1) Slideshow Save Email Print Reprints Most Popular Most Shared No end in sight as huge U.S. oil spill veers west | Video 2:54am EDT Global, emerging stocks rally after EU package 3:29am EDT WRAPUP 5-U.S. Gulf oil spill spreads west toward Texas 09 May 2010 Obama to nominate Kagan for Supreme Court: sources 2:33am EDT EU, IMF stitch together $1 trillion emergency fund | Video 3:30am EDT Nasdaq adds 12 stocks to list of canceled trades 09 May 2010 Gulf oil spill spreads west toward Texas | Video 09 May 2010 Oil at $65 a barrel may sound alarm bells for OPEC 08 May 2010 Florida has most to lose from oil slick 05 May 2010 Study finds what makes calorie-burning "brown fat" 06 May 2010 The Science of Success 27 Apr 2010 Pig virus DNA found in Merck rotavirus vaccine 06 May 2010 Betty White gives Mother's Day gift to "SNL" 09 May 2010 Thai protesters split as government deadline looms Ploy Ten Kate and Chalathip Thirasoonthrakul BANGKOK Mon May 10, 2010 3:25am EDT Factbox Factbox: Thailand's "red shirt" movement 3:25am EDT < 1 / 4 > View Full Size BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai anti-government protesters appeared split on Monday over whether to call off their crippling demonstration after Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva demanded a swift response to a peace plan that includes an early election. World | Thailand The "red shirt" protesters, drawn from the rural and urban poor, canceled news conferences on Sunday evening and Monday morning amid reports their loosely organized leadership could not agree on a common response. "The government has failed to show any sincerity to us," one leader, Weng Tojirakarn, told supporters from the stage erected at the protest site. "So far there has been no response from the government to any of our requests, which include calling off the state of emergency before ending the protest." After weekend gun and grenade attacks that killed two police officers, Abhisit had said he wanted a "clear answer" to his reconciliation offer on Monday, but he did not say how he would respond if none was forthcoming. The authorities are still faced with the dilemma of how to dislodge thousands of protesters, including women and children, from a fortified encampment sprawling across 3 sq km (1.2 sq mile) of an upmarket central Bangkok shopping district. Thai stocks rose nearly 1 percent on Monday but that was less than some other Asian bourses, which jumped on optimism over a European Union plan to help indebted euro zone countries. "A rejection of the plan will be a setback to the peace efforts over the ongoing political impasse and could see reduced foreign inflows into the stock market," said Sukit Udomsirikul, a senior analyst at Siam City Securities. The red shirts have been demonstrating since mid-March, at first demanding immediate elections, and have been in the shopping area since April 3, forcing malls and hotels to close at huge cost to the local economy. The protests are the latest installment of a political crisis that stretches back to 2005 and has exposed a deep fault line in Thai society, pitting the poor and rural masses against the metropolitan middle classes and traditional, royalist elite. "NO MORE VIOLENCE" Abhisit does not have to call an election until the end of 2011 but has offered polls on November 14 as a way to end the latest crisis in which 29 people have died and more than 1,000 been wounded. In a weekly televised address on Sunday, he restated his commitment to the plan but said: "All parties have to cooperate and there should be no violence. If we can do that, the election will happen. If not, it won't happen." His proposals call for reforms to address social injustice, a big red shirt grievance; an independent body to ensure unbiased reporting by the media; a committee to investigate violence; and political reform, possibly including constitutional amendments. The protesters, whose leaders were meeting again on Monday, want Abhisit to set a precise date for dissolving parliament and a say in any constitutional changes. The red shirts also want an investigation into the events of April 10, when a failed military attempt to break up the protest led to a gunbattle in which 25 people were killed. They have promised a response by May 15, which Abhisit said was too late. And he added: "As for my proposal, it's non-negotiable and nobody can propose conditions." The most recent violence took place in the Silom Road area of the capital guarded by soldiers and packed with offices, hotels and bars popular with tourists. The area is close to an entrance into the fortified encampment held by the protesters. Two policemen were killed and 13 people wounded in the attacks late on Friday and early on Saturday. The red shirts denied involvement in the attacks, which have added to pressure on Abhisit from the Bangkok middle classes, his core supporters, to take a tougher line with the protesters. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell, passing through Bangkok en route to Myanmar, welcomed the peace plan and said he was encouraged by the protesters' positive response. "However, it must be said that we remain cautious about progress as those who don't want peace or political progress continue to employ violence as a means to undermine resolution of political difficulties," he told a news conference on Sunday. The red shirts mostly support former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted by the military in 2006. They say the ruling coalition has no mandate, having come to power in a parliamentary vote 17 months ago that they claim was orchestrated by the army top brass. (Additional reporting by Pracha Hariraksapitak; Writing by Alan Raybould and Alex Richardson; Editing by Nick Macfie) World Thailand Comments See All Comments (1) | Post Comment May 10, 2010 2:32am EDT The prevailing Bangkok sentiment is that the Reds do invite a violent confrontation . . . in their mistaken belief that a military crackdown at Rachaprasong would trigger an uprising in Bangkok and provinces. In the meantime General Khattiya continues to prepare for ‘urban warfare’ because as he had already explained, his authority came from Thaksin Shinawatra. And both Thaksin Shinawatra and General Khattiya are of one mind that only one more push would indeed trigger that ‘civil war’ both of them are working their hearts out for. MattBkk Report As Abusive See All Comments (1) Add a Comment *We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. 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