Thailand's Opposition Launches Mass Rallies To Close Bangkok
Anti-government protesters in Thailand have thronged key intersections in the capital, Bangkok, in the start of a mass demonstration aimed at thwarting elections and forcing Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra from office.
For months, opposition protesters have been engaged in an on-again, off-again, effort to topple Yingluck and have said they want to replace her government with an unelected ruling council.
The New York Times reports on the latest protests:
"In this vast metropolis of well over 10 million people, the protesters could not paralyze all movement and commerce. But by Monday morning they had closed busy intersections, vowed to make major government offices inaccessible and laid plans to besiege the homes of top officials in the administration of [Yingluck], whose party is most likely to win the general elections that are scheduled for Feb. 2."