An anti-government protester shakes hands with a riot policeman after they entered the compound of Government House, the site of fierce clashes with police over the last few days in Bangkok December 3, 2013. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
BANGKOK (Reuters) - In jubilant scenes hard to imagine after days of clashes, protesters swept aside barricades in old Bangkok on Tuesday to occupy the grounds of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's office and warmly greet the police who, until just hours before, had rained teargas and rubber bullets upon them.
Cheering, flag-waving crowds marched through the gates of Government House, a heavily fortified flashpoint in a protracted protest aimed at toppling Yingluck's government and banishing the influence of her brother, exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
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