Embattled Thai PM easily survives no-confidence vote, protests persist


  • World
  • Thursday, 28 Nov 2013

Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra listens to a debate by the opposition in parliament in Bangkok November 26, 2013. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's embattled Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra easily won a no-confidence vote in parliament on Thursday but failed to pacify anti-government protesters who rejected calls for talks and massed by the thousands in the capital.

Waving multi-coloured flags, blowing whistles and blocking traffic, protesters rallied outside the heavily barricaded national police headquarters, urging police to join their bid to topple Yinglick and her billionaire brother, ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

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