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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 7477566" data-attributes="member: 92282">owU.S., UK issue warnings on BangkokThe U.S. Embassy  will soon issue a new alert urging its citizens against any travel to  Thailand's capital, the embassy spokesman said on Saturday.  "Before we were advising  against all non-essential travel to Bangkok. Now we are asking for  Americans to stay away from Bangkok, essential travel or not," Michael  Turner, told Reuters.The last U.S.  travel advisory, issued April 28, warned only against non-essential  travel to Thailand.The British  Embassy warned on Saturday of "intense violence" in two areas of the  capital."We expect shooting and  intense violence in Ratchaprarop, Din Daeng area and other violent  areas," the embassy said in a statement, referring to areas in Bangkok  where troops and protesters have clashed."As  a further precaution, please avoid department stores in Bangkok. If  safe to do so, please return home or stay where you are safe."In 2009, 841,000 British tourists came to  Thailand, more than from any other European country, according to  government data.Last year, 627,000  Americans came to Thailand.Reuters</blockquote>

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