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The U.N. number is a dramatic increase over the official estimate of a crisis that has left throng refugees without enough food and water in camps along the Uzbek border.

Kyrgyzstan's worst outbreak of violence since the president was overthrown in April raged for a second day on Saturday and officials said the death toll in the ethnic conflict had risen to at least 49.

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva presented what he called a “letter to the Thai people,” calling for reconciliation in a country shaken by months of political unrest and scores of deaths.

The Thai government on Sunday extended a curfew in the capital and nearly a third of the country's provinces for at least two more nights, but shortened the hours when residents are required to stay off the streets.

Life in Bangkok inched back to normal on Friday as authorities cleaned up the Thai capital after riots and arson attacks by anti-government protesters whose movement was put down by troops after a two-month rally.

Thailand's government extended its curfew until Saturday, as violence continued Thursday in the country besieged by anti-government protests.

The military uses armored personnel carriers and water cannons as it penetrates the encampment of anti-government demonstrators in downtown Bangkok.

Officials on Tuesday said they would not negotiate until demonstrators leave the protest zone in the capital.

De facto military chief of Thailand's anti-gov't protesters was shot in the head by a sniper five days ago.

Anti-government unrest boiling over in downtown Bangkok spread to other areas of the capital and Thailand Sunday as the military ...