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Dec 2, 2008 | 5:37 am

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BKK airport protests called off

This just in:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7760592.stm

Thai anti-government protesters have agreed to end their occupation of Bangkok's airports, allowing thousands of stranded tourists to leave.

Passenger flights from the main international airport are to resume on 4 December, say correspondents.

Protests had shut down Thailand's two main airports for more than a week.

The deal follows a court ruling that forced Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat to step down over election fraud and disbanded his governing party.

The constitutional court ordered Mr Somchai's governing People Power Party (PPP) and two of its coalition partners to disband. The parties' leaders were also barred from politics for five years.

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