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Protesters want port authority to renew contract

(BangkokPost.com) - More than 3,000 vendors at Klongtoey market blocked road in front of the Port Authority of Thailand Thursday after it refused to renew the contract for them to rent the place. ...full story at Bangkok Post

from Bangkok Post on Thu, Jul 24 2008

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