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Thai anti-riot policemen stand guard next to a McDonalds in the financial central district of Silom in downtown Bangkok on May 6, 2010.
Wednesday, Jul. 07, 2010

Open quoteI think you have a greater chance of being mugged in France than anywhere in Thailand.Close quote

  • WILLIAM HEINECKE,
  • head of a hotel and fast-food conglomerate in Thailand that lost $3 million in canceled reservations during the violence in May, lamenting the government's three-month extension of the national state of emergency
Photo: Hoang Ding Nam / AFP / Getty | Source: NYT