Thai protesters seek to block election, baht slumps


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  • Monday, 23 Dec 2013

Anti-government protesters gather during a rally at Victory Monument in Bangkok December 22, 2013. REUTERS/Kerek Wongsa

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The Thai baht plumbed its lowest level in almost four years on Monday as a political crisis grew more intractable, with anti-government protesters attempting to stop candidates from registering for a February election.

Tens of thousands of protesters rallied across the capital on Sunday as they pressed ahead with their demands that Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, the sister of self-exiled former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, resign.

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