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Published: September 20, 2009
BANGKOK -- As thousands of demonstrators marked the anniversary of a 2006 coup in the Thai capital yesterday, a rival group of protesters clashed with police and villagers near the Cambodian border, showing that the country's long-running political crisis is far from settled.
In the three years since the coup there have been multiple violent demonstrations, court rulings that have purged two prime ministers from power, and massive damage to the tourist industry after protesters shuttered the airports last year.
Published: September 20, 2009
BANGKOK -- As thousands of demonstrators marked the anniversary of a 2006 coup in the Thai capital yesterday, a rival group of protesters clashed with police and villagers near the Cambodian border, showing that the country's long-running political crisis is far from settled.
In the three years since the coup there have been multiple violent demonstrations, court rulings that have purged two prime ministers from power, and massive damage to the tourist industry after protesters shuttered the airports last year.
The country now appears locked in an endless cycle of protest and counterprotest by supporters and opponents of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in the Sept. 19, 2006, coup on accusations of corruption, abuse of power and disrespect for the constitutional monarch.
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