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2,000 Cops Surround Thai Protesters

Prime minister holds firm on 2nd day of demonstrations

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 27, 2008 6:04 AM CDT

(Newser) – As anti-government protests continued outside the Thai prime minister's office, 2,000 police officers surrounded demonstrators and a court issued arrest warrants for nine of the protest's leaders, Reuters reports. The People's Alliance for Democracy—a monarchist movement—is seeking to bring down the government... Read full story »

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