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Thu 03 Mar 2010Thai protest against government on the wane
DRAMATIC SCENES of red-shirted protesters hurling blood at the house of the Thai prime minister might have made great theatre but the “million-man march” aimed at toppling the government appears to be fizzling out.
There has been no violence but nor has there been much to cheer the protesters, who appear to have fallen short of their aims. After days in which they brought the streets of the capital to a standstill, Thailand’s fundamental political divisions remain.
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