BANGKOK -- The Red Shirt protest movement and the embattled Thai government sought ways to head off an all-out conflict Monday as street battles dragged on for a fifth day and thousands of protesters ignored a government ultimatum to leave their huge, fortified encampment in central Bangkok. -
Thai Red Shirt offers ceasefire as deadline passes
BANGKOK -- The Red Shirt protest movement and the embattled Thai government sought ways to head off an all-out conflict Monday as street battles dragged on for a fifth day and thousands of protesters ignored a government ultimatum to leave their huge, fortified encampment in central Bangkok.-
By Tim Johnston