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Thailand’s MCOT news service in their article, " Protesters demand govt explanation of shootings ," stated: Anti-government protesters have demanded the authorities’ clarification over shootings at demonstrators by police and men in black at the Thai-Japanese stadium on December 26. Akanat Promphan, spokesman of the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), said yesterday that caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, her caretaker deputy Surapong Tovichakchaikul and National Police Chief Adul Saengsingkaew must explain to the public on the violence which killed and injured scores of people. Image : (Left) The chest x-ray of  Police Sergeant Major Narong Pitisit used by the regime itself as evidence he was shot "by protesters" – instead, reveals a bullet fired from above where regime police, alongside unidentified gunmen, were positioned.
Thailand’s MCOT news service in their article, " Protesters demand govt explanation of shootings ," stated: Anti-government protesters have demanded the authorities’ clarification over shootings at demonstrators by police and men in black at the Thai-Japanese stadium on December 26. Akanat Promphan, spokesman of the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), said yesterday that caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, her caretaker deputy Surapong Tovichakchaikul and National Police Chief Adul Saengsingkaew must explain to the public on the violence which killed and injured scores of people. Image : (Left) The chest x-ray of  Police Sergeant Major Narong Pitisit used by the regime itself as evidence he was shot "by protesters" – instead, reveals a bullet fired from above where regime police, alongside unidentified gunmen, were positioned.
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Zero Hedge : Pending Home Sales Plunge At Fastest Pace Since April 2011 It took about one second to understand the discrepancy. All but the ZeroHedge headline (not necessarily the articles) ignored the NAR statement (see first link) " The Pending Home Sales Index,* a forward-looking indicator based on contract signings, inched up 0.2 percent to 101.7 in November from a downwardly revised 101.5 in October, but is 1.6 percent below November 2012 when it was 103.3. " ZeroHedge has a chart that shows just that.
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