Newsline 28 April 2010: Red Shirt protesters in Thailand are ready for a final battle with security forces; Belgium faces a political crisis as the Prime Minister quits, and anger as a paedophile priest receives cash from the Roman Catholic Church.

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Bangkok protestors and troops in fatal clash
Violence in Thailand continued on Wednesday as both sides in the ongoing standoff between the government and the opposition refused to back down. A soldier was killed and ten others were injured as troops used live rounds and fired rubber bullets into the crowd.

Radio Netherlands Worldwide's Michel Maas reports from Bangkok.

Child abuse priest struck pension-for-silence deal
Oliver O'Grady, the Irish former priest who spent seven years in a US jail for abusing children, still receives a pension from the Roman Catholic Church.

O'Grady also spent two years in the Rotterdam diocese working as a volunteer after his release from jail.

Documentary maker Amy Berg made a film about Mr O'Grady.

Lawyer Jeff Anderson represents some of his victims.

Belgian PM throws in the towel
Who can save Belgium? That's the question being asked now Prime Minister Yves Leterme has said he won’t be standing in early federal elections after the fall of his cabinet earlier this week.

Radio Netherlands Worldwide’s Brussels correspondent Vanessa Mock reports.