Bangkok boating park becomes focus of Thai protests


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  • Saturday, 01 Mar 2014

A Buddhist monk reads newspapers inside Lumpini Park where anti-government protesters have set up their tents in Bangkok March 1, 2014. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A green oasis in downtown Bangkok was slowly beginning to resemble a tent city on Saturday, a day after anti-government protesters said they would clear camps blocking key intersections and congregate in the park instead.

The protesters have blocked some streets since mid-January in their bid to push out Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and eradicate the influence of her brother, ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra, seen as the real power in Thailand.

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