BANGKOK, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Protesters marched on Bangkok's central business district Friday, causing traffic tie-ups and forcing hundreds of police to be on hand to maintain order.

BANGKOK, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Three airports in southern Thailand were shut down Friday because of vandalism by protesters.

BANGKOK, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- A Bangkok bus that was converted to run on natural gas exploded Friday as the driver was filling the tank, officials said.

SAN DIEGO, April 30 (UPI) -- San Diego police said a man with grand video-game playing aspirations was arrested after allegedly stealing two or three copies of "Grand Theft Auto IV."

EAST LANSING, Mich., April 6 (UPI) -- Dozens of people were arrested early Sunday when police used tear gas to disperse a wild party near the Michigan State campus that turned violent, police said.

SANTIAGO, Chile, March 29 (UPI) -- Nearly 200 people were arrested in Santiago, Chile, during a demonstration honoring two men killed during a previous military regime, according to authorities.

SALMIYA , Kuwait, March 28 (UPI) -- Kuwait police used tear gas to disperse tribesmen rallying for the release of eight men held for allegedly planning unauthorized elections, witnesses said.

BEIJING, March 12 (UPI) -- Chinese riot troops used tear gas to break up a protest Wednesday by monks in Lhasa, Tibet.

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. Border Patrol agents launched pepper spray and tear gas canisters into Mexican border neighborhoods to counter human traffickers.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Police in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, used tear gas and water cannons to disperse more than 5,000 protesters calling for reparations from the British government.

CARACAS, Venezuela, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Venezuelan student protesters clashed with police and pro-government supporters, El Universal newspaper reported Wednesday.

BUDAPEST, Hungary, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Violent clashes in Budapest between Hungarian extreme rightists and riot police resulted in injuries to 19 people, including 15 officers, injured, police said.

AGRA, India, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Authorities in the city of Agra, India, imposed a curfew on several areas of the city Wednesday after violent mobs clashed with police.

OAXACA, Mexico, July 17 (UPI) --

HEILIGENDAMM, Germany, June 6 (UPI) -- Young protests clad in black threw stones at riot police at the Group of Eight summit in Germany Wednesday prompting a response of tear gas and water cannon. The violence began when groups of demonstrators, including a rag-tag "clown army," tried to make