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"An organized, monthlong protest in Bangkok began on Monday as some 100,000 demonstrators flooded the streets to oust Thailand's current prime minister,\u00A0Yingluck Shinawatra.  \nThe past two months of protests to force her resignation came to a head as anti-government protestors, headed up by People's Democratic Reform Committee leader Suthep Thaugsuban, began blocking intersections and causing major traffic delays in the city's central business district early on Monday in an attempt to shut down the city and make it ungovernable. They claim Shinawatra's rule has been one of dysfunction.\nSee also: 100 Most Powerful Moments of 2013 in Photos\nShinawatra is the first female to hold the position in Thailand, and is also the sister of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Some of the outrage stems from the claim that Mr. Shinawatra continues to run Thailand from exile after he was removed by the military in 2006. \nPolice appear to have maintained a low profile since a shooting on Saturday that resulted in one fatality, resisting confrontation and arrests. \nThe shutdown took on a somewhat festive mood \u2014 As Reuters reported, many were dancing and singing in the streets. \n\n\nShutdown Bangkok Protests, January 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnti-government protesters occupy the victory monument in central Bangkok as part of the \"shutdown Bangkok\" effort which protesters hope will force a resignation by the government. The protestors stepped up efforts on Jan. 13 after more than two months of street demonstrations, in a bid to oust the government of Prime Minister Shinawatra and delay elections scheduled for Feb. 2.\n\nImage: Ed Wray/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe protestors camp out during the first day of the Bangkok \"shutdown\" on Jan. 13. \n\nImage: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProtesters occupy a major intersection in central Bangkok.\n\nImage: Ed Wray/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThai monks sit at the Democracy Monument in the early evening of Jan. 12. There is a fear of more violence and instability as the anti-government protesters move forward with a \"shutdown\" of Bangkok by blocking major intersections in the heart of the city.\n\nImage: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMajor intersections were shut down early Sunday evening in a major shopping district.\n\nImage:  Paula Bronstein/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThousands of anti-government People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) protesters shout at the Democracy Monument on Jan. 12.\n\nImage: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProtestors occupy the victory monument in central Bangkok as part of the effort to shut down Bangkok.\n\nImage: Ed Wray/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Thai flag flies as thousands of protesters attend a rally at the Democracy Monument on Jan. 12 in Bangkok.\n\nImage: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThai protesters wave national flags as they march through the streets of Bangkok in a move to shut down the city on Jan. 13. Thai opposition protesters launched their attempted shutdown of Bangkok, occupying key intersections in the capital, in an escalation of their campaign to unseat Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.\n\nImage: CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP/Getty Images)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnti-government protesters carry a huge Thai flag as they take to the streets on Jan. 13.\n\nImage: Ed Wray/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA row of protesters with red, blue and white t-shirts on the first day of the Bangkok \"shutdown\" as protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban parades through the central business district. \n\nImage: y Stephanie Borcard &amp; Nicolas Metraux/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnti-government protestors occupy a downtown intersection during the first day of the mass demonstration on Jan. 13.\n\nImage: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnti-government  protestors cheer during the first day of the mass demonstrations at a downtown intersection.\n\nImage: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProtesters wave Thai flags while blocking off a lane on Rama 4 Road as traffic stands congested in central Bangkok on Jan. 13. \n\nImage: Dario Pignatelli/Bloomberg via Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnti-government protesters waving flags and sun umbrellas take to the streets. \n\nImage: Ed Wray/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAn anti-government protester rides the top of a truck. \n\nImage: Ed Wray/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnti-government  protestors occupy a downtown intersection during the first day of a planned monthlong demonstration.\n\nImage: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPeople's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) leader Suthep Thaugsuban (center) parades in downtown Bangkok on Jan. 13. \n\nImage: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage: Ed Wray/Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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