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              Thai Police Continue Clearing Protests; 100 Detained

   Thai police continued clearing anti-government protests in Bangkok on
   Tuesday, arresting dozens at the site of a weeks-long opposition
   sit-in.
   Security officials say about 100 people were detained during the
   operation to take back the protest site at the Ministry of Energy. No
   clashes were reported.
   Since late last year, opposition protesters have occupied government
   compounds and key intersections in Bangkok, in an attempt to overthrow
   the government.
   Police have said they will not use violence, but insist they will clear
   at least some the demonstrations, which they say are in violation of a
   state of emergency.
   Meanwhile, protesters have already returned to the Government House in
   central Bangkok, which police cleared last Friday. Television footage
   Tuesday showed riot police negotiating with protest leaders.
   At least 10 people have been killed since November in a series of
   small-scale clashes and attacks on demonstrators. It is Thailand`s
   worst political violence since 2010.
   The protesters are trying to force Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra
   to resign. They say her government is corrupt and controlled by her
   billionaire brother, the exiled ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
   Ms. Yingluck tried to resolve the conflict with early elections this
   month. But the opposition boycotted the vote, and disrupted it in
   several areas, preventing a definitive result until more polls can be
   held.
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