“The government's goal is to help the situation return to a normalcy, to maintain the sanctity of the law,” Mr Abhisit said in a televised speech announcing the state of emergency.
After 336 people died in the Beslan tragedy, the Russian President in a televised speech dwelt little on their suffering.
The death toll has increased to 339 with other 329 people injured in the stampede, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said in a live televised speech early Tuesday.
US president Barack Obama is set to unveil a job-creation plan in a nationally televised speech to a joint session of the House and Senate.
