Anti-government protesters who donated their own blood Tuesday prepared to splatter gallons of it at the Thai government headquarters in a symbolic sacrifice to press their demands for new elections. Hundreds of red-shirted demonstrators formed long lines to have their blood drawn by nurses, a ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters in Thailand donated blood to be poured outside the premier's office on Tuesday, a "sacrifice for democracy" aimed at energizing their movement after the government refused to step down. Tens of thousands of red-shirted supporters of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra remained at their encampment in central Bangkok, frustrated that after four days of ...

Red-dressed Thai demonstrators Tuesday collected their own blood, planning to spill it at the government's gates in a symbolic sacrifice as they stepped up protests demanding snap elections. Thousands of "Red Shirts", loyal to deposed premier Thaksin Shinawatra, were queuing up in Bangkok to offer a small amount of their blood in an unusual show of determination that sparked ...