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January 13, 2014

Thousands Stage Anti-Government Blockades in Thailand 
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Opposition protests in Thailand are intensifying in a bid to shut down
the government of embattled Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
Thousands of people have flooded major intersections in the capital
Bangkok today as part of the ongoing campaign to force Yingluck's
resignation. Opponents accuse Yingluck of being controlled by her
brother, a former prime minister convicted of corruption and now living
in self-imposed exile. A snap election has been called for next month
but the opposition has vowed a boycott.

 

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