BANGKOK (Reuters) - Anti-government protesters began gathering in Bangkok on Friday for what they promise will be a "million-man march" in coming days to paralyse Thailand's capital and force the government to call elections.
About 40,000 soldiers and police fanned out across the city as several thousand red-shirted supporters of deposed premier Thaksin Shinawatra began gathering in one of the biggest challenges yet to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.
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