April 3, 2010 7:32 PM

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"Red shirts’ to continue mass protest at center of Bangkok

In Thailand, the "red shirts" announced this evening they will continue their mass protest at the center of Bangkok until the prime minister dissolves the lower House of parliament. The announcement after the "red-shirts" leaders' latest meeting apparently overthrew their previous plan of rallying for only four days from today. The co-leader of the anti-government Veera Musikapong told reporters the House dissolution is the only solution to the country's political conflict. The anti-government protesters arrived at the Rathchaprasong area, a primary business zone of Bangkok this morning from their main rally site Phan Fah Bridge. All the major shopping malls nearby the intersection have temporarily closed due to the ongoing rally. Tens of thousands of red-shirted people, many of them supporters of the ousted former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra, have stormed into Bangkok since March 12, demanding the premier to dissolve the lower House of parliament paving the way for a new general election.

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