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Souvenirs: Save-the-nation headbands handed out to police at Government House
Police on duty near Government House during the anti-Thaksin rally agreed to take home some of the headbands bearing the saying "Koo-chat" (Save the nation).
At first the police hesitated but when the campaigners explained they did not regard them as their enemy, the officers agreed to take the headbands home as souvenirs for their children. - The Nation.----------------------------------------------- Mosquitos: BMA comes to the rescue Anti-Thaksin protesters gathering outside Government House will be able to spend the night without worrying about mosquitoes, thanks to the Democrat-led Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. BMA workers yesterday sprayed smoke around sewers and ditches in the area where the demonstrators are staging their protest to kill as many mosquitoes as possible. - The Nation. ----------------------------------------------- Young Monks: Mass prayer for peace planned The Young Monks' Organisation of Thailand (YMOT) yesterday issued a statement calling for unity among Thai people. Phra Maha Dawit Yossee, the YMOT chairman, called on supporters of the anti-government movement and the Thaksin government to cooperate with each other. The monk also called on Buddhist monks, novice monks and those studying in all Buddhist universities to take part in a Buddhist prayer for peace tomorrow and once again on April 3. The official lead prayer will be said at the Emerald Buddha Temple at 3pm on both days. - The Nation. ----------------------------------------------- Fashion crime: Journalist ordered to cover up A police officer at Government House yesterday ordered a male reporter, who was wearing a T-shirt showing a square-faced Thaksin cartoon above the words "Get out!" to change his clothes. The officer said the reporter would not be allowed to meet the premier's deputy secretary-general, Lt-General Preecha Suwannarat, so he covered the offending message with a jacket. - The Nation.
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