Protesters seize Thai television station

August 26, 2008 Dozens of masked, anti-government protesters armed with knives, guns and golf clubs stormed a TV station and briefly shut it down Tuesday, while tens of thousands peacefully laid siege to government ministries. The massive protests sparked rumors of another coup only eight months after a democratically elected returned to power, and the country's stock market was down 1.7 percent by mid-morning. Members of the People's Alliance for Democracy stormed the government-controlled National Broadcasting Services of Thailand or NBT studios in the Thai capital early Tuesday, forcing it to shut down for a few hours before police arrested as many as 80 protesters for trespassing, the broadcaster said.

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