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ReutersTension rises as Thailand blocks some websites, TV
1 hour 56 mins ago
Jason Szep and Martin Petty
Thailand blocked opposition websites and TV channels on Thursday and the prime minister scrapped an overseas visit a day after a state of emergency was declared to quell nearly a month of mass protests.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva called off a one-day trip to Vietnam for a Southeast Asian leaders summit as tension remained high, with "red shirt" protesters vowing defiance.
On Wednesday, they stormed parliament, forcing officials to flee by helicopter and triggering an emergency decree that gives the military broad powers to control unrest.
Despite the decree, the red-shirted supporters of twice-elected and now fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra ignored orders to leave the capital's main shopping district and promised to stage their biggest rally yet on Friday.
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