Thailand lifts night curfew

Thailand's authorities have lifted a night-time curfew imposed 10 days earlier in Bangkok and 23 provinces after deadly anti-government protests. "The curfew will be lifted but the state of emergency will remain in place," the prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva told reporters. He said security officials had proposed ending the measure "as the situation is under control". The curfew was imposed on May 19 after enraged protesters went on a rampage of arson following an army crackdown on their mass rally, which descended into several outbreaks of violence that left 88 people dead since mid-March.

*AFP