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(13 Apr 2010) SHOTLIST 1. Wide of man spraying water over street in tourist area of Bangkok, pan to people on street 2. Tourists playing with water guns 3. Red Shirt protesters smearing each other with talcum powder 4. Close of signs on wall pointing to holes which are said to be bullet holes 5. People standing in front of shop pointing at holes in closed metal shutters on shop front 6. Pan of Red Shirt protesters taking photos of each other with armoured personnel carrier left on street since Saturday''s violence 7. Metal tracks of armoured personnel carrier, tilt up to Red Shirt protester standing on tracks 8. Red shirted protester sitting in driving seat of army vehicle left on street since Saturday''s violence 9. SOUNDBITE (Thai) Vox pop, Denchai Kanuson, Red Shirt protester: "Seeing fellow Red Shirts die like that has made me feel that it wouldn''t be fun going back to celebrate Songkran at home. I would rather stay to fight for democracy. We have to defeat this evil government. We have to make the world understand justice, and the double standards here." 10. SOUNDBITE (Thai) Vox pop, No name given, Red Shirt protester: "I am not going back because I am going to help the Red Shirts fight for democracy here." 11. Various of people throwing water at each other in central Bangkok streets STORYLINE Red Shift protesters took a break from the long-running rallies and demonstrations on Tuesday, for the start of the Thai New Year holiday, "Songkran". Bangkok''s popular touristic area of Khao San Road was the scene of some of Saturday''s bloody battles between the army and protesters. However on Tuesday, on Bangkok''s Khao San Road, locals and tourists fought good-humoured battles throughout the day. Throughout the country people spend the three days of the new year festival trying to soak each other with water, friends and strangers alike. Songkran marks the new lunar year in Thailand. Among the crowd of tourists, Red Shirt protesters could be seen, smearing each other with moist talcum powder, another Thai New Year pastime. Close by, at the Democracy Monument intersection where more fighting took place, damaged military vehicles remained on the street. No water play took place near the spots where people were killed. The celebrations come as Thailand''s coalition government teetered after the Election Commission ordered the ruling party be dissolved for allegedly concealing campaign donations and the influential army commander said he supports a new vote. Monday''s Election Commission ruling and the army chief''s opinion buoyed anti-government protesters who have demonstrated for the past month pressing for Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva''s resignation. The standoff turned deadly on Saturday when troops tried to drive away a large group of protesters, resulting in clashes that left 21 people dead in Thailand''s worst political violence in nearly two decades. Meanwhile, in Washington, Thailand''s Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya lashed out at former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra - whose ouster in a 2006 coup exposed the country''s deep political divisions, accusing Thaksin of personally instigating the recent deadly clashes. Speaking on Monday on the sidelines of a global nuclear summit in Washington, Kasit compared Thaksin to dictators like Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin and to the militant movement al-Qaida. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Thailand to embrace reconciliation. The commission was scheduled to unveil its ruling on April 20, but announced it more than a week early without explanation. No date has been set to hear the case. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...