BANGKOK (Reuters) - The French have the best phrase for Thailand's turbulent politics: déjà vu.
Five years ago, a Thai government led by Somchai Wongsawat, the brother-in-law of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, was besieged by ultraroyalist street protesters bent on overthrowing what they saw as a corrupt and illegitimate regime.
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