Deaths as Thai police, protesters clash.

Bangkok, Thailand The smell of death followed in Thailand, shortly after the police had a quarrel with anti-government activist who surrounded parliament and prevented lawmakers from leaving. One of the two victims who died when a car-bomb exploded near the protesters. Hospital officials say that the other woman died from severe injuries to the chest during the clash with the police. The protesters first prevented the lawmakers from entering the Thai parliament where the newly sworn-in Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat was making his first speech to the legislative body. Hospital officials also confirmed that 420 people were injured during the quarrel. After the speech the anti-government protesters prevented legislators from leaving for a short while by locking the parliament exits. Three helicopters arrived to get Somchai to safety. Many of the protesters set up walls of tires and barbed wire along the streets to prevent "riot ready" police forces from advancing any closer. Unfortunately after this violent protest took place Deputy Prime Minister Chavalt Yonghaiyudh announced in his resignation letter that he is taking the responsibility for the mis-communication between the protesters and the police. this protest is only one in a series that began over the summer.