Thai rallies maintain pressure
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="ongoing">ongoing</span> <span word="unrest">unrest</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Thailand">Thailand</span> <span word="looks">looks</span> <span word="likely">likely</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="continue">continue</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="coming">coming</span> <span word="months">months</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="anti">anti</span>-<span word="government">government</span> <span word="protesters">protesters</span> <span word="demanding">demanding</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Thai">Thai</span> <span word="Prime">Prime</span> <span word="Minister">Minister</span> <span word="Yingluck">Yingluck</span> <span word="Shinawatra">Shinawatra</span> <span word="step">step</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="elections">elections</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Feb">Feb</span> 2, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="observers">observers</span>.</p><p><span word="Tens">Tens</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="thousands">thousands</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="protesters">protesters</span> <span word="marched">marched</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="Bangkok">Bangkok</span> <span word="again">again</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span>, <span word="rejecting">rejecting</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="poll">poll</span> <span word="Yingluck">Yingluck</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bid">bid</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="defuse">defuse</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="deepening">deepening</span> <span word="political">political</span> <span word="crisis">crisis</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="rally">rally</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="Thailand">Thailand</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="main">main</span> <span word="opposition">opposition</span> <span word="Democrat">Democrat</span> <span word="Party">Party</span> <span word="announced">announced</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="boycott">boycott</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="elections">elections</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="move">move</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="appeared">appeared</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="embolden">embolden</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="protest">protest</span> <span word="movement">movement</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="protesters">protesters</span> <span word="split">split</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="dozen">dozen</span> <span word="groups">groups</span> <span word="scattered">scattered</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="central">central</span> <span word="Bangkok">Bangkok</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="capital">capital</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="main">main</span> <span word="shopping">shopping</span> <span word="areas">areas</span>.</p><p><span word="One">One</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="groups">groups</span> <span word="gathered">gathered</span> <span word="outside">outside</span> <span word="Yingluck">Yingluck</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="home">home</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="time">time</span>.</p><p><span word="Many">Many</span> <span word="protesters">protesters</span> <span word="near">near</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="residence">residence</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="women">women</span>, <span word="while">while</span> <span word="hundreds">hundreds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="transgender">transgender</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="joined">joined</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="protest">protest</span>. <span word="Hundreds">Hundreds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="riot">riot</span> <span word="police">police</span> <span word="blocked">blocked</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="crowd">crowd</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="moving">moving</span> <span word="past">past</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="home">home</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="outside">outside</span> <span word="gate">gate</span>.</p><p><span word="Yingluck">Yingluck</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="northeastern">northeastern</span> <span word="provinces">provinces</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="inspection">inspection</span> <span word="tour">tour</span>. <span word="On">On</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span> <span word="morning">morning</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="traveled">traveled</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="train">train</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Udon">Udon</span> <span word="Thani">Thani</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Nong">Nong</span> <span word="Khai">Khai</span>, <span word="considered">considered</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="Red">Red</span> <span word="Shirt">Shirt</span> <span word="supporters">supporters</span>. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="received">received</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="warm">warm</span> <span word="welcome">welcome</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Udon">Udon</span> <span word="Thani">Thani</span> <span word="railway">railway</span> <span word="station">station</span>.</p><p><span word="Yingluck">Yingluck</span> <span word="admitted">admitted</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="worried">worried</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="situation">situation</span> <span word="outside">outside</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="home">home</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="there">there</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="believed">believed</span> <span word="nothing">nothing</span> <span word="serious">serious</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="happen">happen</span>, <span word="media">media</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p>
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