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  • Despite the Sisyphian yellow-shirt teams toiling in the hot sun for $5 a day, the rubble can't be collected and removed because the government doesn't have nearly enough trucks, a symptom of the lack of funds.

    Mark Schuller: Falling through the cracks or unstable foundations? 2010

  • Despite the Sisyphian yellow-shirt teams toiling in the hot sun for $5 a day, the rubble can't be collected and removed because the government doesn't have nearly enough trucks, a symptom of the lack of funds.

    Mark Schuller: Falling Through the Cracks, or Unstable Foundations? 2010

  • Mr. Sondhi's so-called yellow-shirt followers were not involved in the latest round of protests in Thailand, which involved the red-shirted Thaksin supporters.

    Nicaragua Aids Thaksin in Avoiding Thailand Return 2009

  • The officer turned to the yellow-shirt chief petty officer and said, "Find out where the hell this nugget is supposed to be, and take him there."

    Nuke Zone Douglass, Keith 1998

  • The pilot eased back on the power, disengaged from the arresting wire, and taxied forward in response to hand signals from the yellow-shirt directing them to a station near the island.

    Nuke Zone Douglass, Keith 1998

  • Skeeter's hand shot out and he nailed the yellow-shirt on the left side of the man's face.

    Nuke Zone Douglass, Keith 1998

  • Veera is the leader of Thailand Patriot Network, a splinter group of the "yellow-shirt" People's Alliance for Democracy PAD movement which shut down Bangkok's airports in 2008 in a bid to force the previous government of allies of ousted leader Thaksin Shinawatra to step down.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • That prompted pro-monarchy "yellow-shirt" demonstrators to hit the Bangkok streets in recent days calling for their release.

    latimes.com - News 2011

  • The yellow-shirt faction, which helped bring the prime minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, to power in 2008, has been pressing him to take a tougher line against Cambodia.

    The Guardian World News Mark Tran 2011

  • Unprecedented colour-coded political division occurred during the second term in office of Thaksin with the emergence of the yellow-shirt movement, the People's Alliance for Democracy.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

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