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                   Thai Protesters Scale Back Demonstrations

   The center of Bangkok - Thailand`s capital city - is changing, as
   anti-government protesters take down their protest stages and clean up
   the streets and graffiti.
   The cleanup on Saturday came after protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban
   declared an end to the "shutdown Bangkok" movement on Friday evening
   and said protesters would withdraw from several stages at key
   intersections around Bangkok. Starting Monday, they will consolidate at
   Lumpini Park, a central venue that has become a traditional protest
   site.
   Political violence escalated in the past week, with almost nightly
   grenade attacks and the deaths of four children in attacks on protest
   sites.
   In a statement Friday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged Thai
   authorities to investigate the attacks and bring those responsible to
   justice. He said the deaths of several innocent children is
   particularly horrifying and must be "a last wake-up call" to all sides
   to refrain from violence.
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