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Protesters mark 1-year since coup

(BangkokPost.com) - The National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship will gather on the grounds of Sanam Luang to mark the 1-year anniversary of the coup d’etat which saw the ouster of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra. ...full story at Bangkok Post

from Bangkok Post on Wed, Sep 19 2007

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