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Fri 11 Nov 2008Rumours of Thai coup spread as emergency declared
THERE WAS an uneasy calm on the streets of Bangkok last night as citizens waited to see whether government efforts to break a siege by opposition protesters of the capital's two airports spiralled into a coup d'etat.
Addressing the nation on television, prime minister Somchai Wongsawat declared a state of emergency at Suvarnabhumi and Don Muang airports and ordered the army to stay in barracks, while mobilising loyal military units to end the occupation which has isolated Bangkok.
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