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| Thai riot police have clashed with anti-government protesters who stormed into the Thai prime minister's office compound in Bangkok. | Thai riot police have clashed with anti-government protesters who stormed into the Thai prime minister's office compound in Bangkok. |
| Hundreds of officers confronted the intruders at Government House. | Hundreds of officers confronted the intruders at Government House. |
| Earlier in the day thousands of demonstrators invaded government buildings and a state-run TV station. | Earlier in the day thousands of demonstrators invaded government buildings and a state-run TV station. |
| The protesters say Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej is a proxy for ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a 2006 coup and is now in self-imposed exile. | The protesters say Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej is a proxy for ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a 2006 coup and is now in self-imposed exile. |
| The protests started early on Tuesday as more than 30,000 protesters marched through Bangkok's streets. | The protests started early on Tuesday as more than 30,000 protesters marched through Bangkok's streets. |
| They scaled fences to gain entry to the grounds of Government House, prompting Mr Samark to move to military headquarters elsewhere in the capital. | |
| After the intruders ignored a deadline to leave, hundreds of riot police removed makeshift barricades and entered the compound in the early hours of Wednesday morning. | After the intruders ignored a deadline to leave, hundreds of riot police removed makeshift barricades and entered the compound in the early hours of Wednesday morning. |
| They clashed briefly with the protesters, but fighting stopped a few minutes after officers secured the inside of the compound. | They clashed briefly with the protesters, but fighting stopped a few minutes after officers secured the inside of the compound. |
| Eyewitnesses said the police made no immediate effort to force the protesters out, and appeared to be holding talks with their leaders. | Eyewitnesses said the police made no immediate effort to force the protesters out, and appeared to be holding talks with their leaders. |