An anti-government protester raises a fist during a rally outside a government office where Prime Minster Yingluck Shinawatra had been holding a meeting in Bangkok February 3, 2014. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Pressure on Thailand's embattled government mounted on Tuesday, when a flagship rice-buying scheme vital to its support stumbled closer to collapse and the opposition filed legal challenges that could void a disrupted weekend election.
The crisis in the rice scheme is a humiliating blow for Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra - it helped sweep her to power in 2011, but has become mired in allegations of corruption and growing losses that are making it increasingly hard to fund.
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