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Tens of Thousands Demonstrate in Bangkok Against Thai PM
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=1181C86:3919ACA Protesters demand
Thaksin Shinawatra resign





Demonstrators call for the removal of Thai Prime Minister Thaksin
Shinawatra Tens of thousand of protesters have rallied in Bangkok to
demand that Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra resign.

The demonstrators gathered Saturday night at Government House,
chanting "Thaksin, get out!"  Many of them wore yellow headbands with
the words, "Save the Nation."

Across town, tens of thousands of Buddhist monks and worshippers
chanted prayers for national peace and unity at a candlelight vigil. 
They gathered at a field near the Grand Palace.

One day earlier, the leader of the opposition Democrat Party urged
King Bhumibol Adulyadej to name an interim prime minister to oversee
political reform before the general election scheduled for April
second.

Opposition parties have staged more than a month of street protests,
accusing the prime minister of corruption.  Mr. Thaksin dissolved
parliament last month and called elections three years ahead of
schedule in a bid to quell the protests.


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