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Thailand Protests_ Thailand Government Under Pressure As Tho Nearly 3,000 flag-waving anti-government protesters massed in front of Thailand's Interior Ministry on Tuesday, intensifying pressure on Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra a day after they stormed compounds of two other ministries. The protesters defied a tough security law imposed across Bangkok late on Monday to control tens of thousands of protesters rallying against Yingluck and her billionaire brother, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Waving Thai flags and blowing whistles, demonstrators surrounded the interior, agriculture, tourism and transport ministries, ordering workers inside to leave and ratcheting up tension in the biggest street protests since 2010, when 91 people were killed in a military crackdown. Yingluck and her ruling Puea Thai Party began a two-day confidence debate in parliament where they hold a commanding majority. The opposition has accused them of graft and trying to pass laws to white-wash Thaksin of corruption allegations, but Yingluck is expected to prevail in a vote on Thursday. "Getting rid of the Thaksin regime is not easy," said protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban, a former deputy prime minister under the previous government, in an interview with Reuters. Thaksin, a former telecommunications tycoon, was ousted in a 2006 military coup but has hovered ghost-like over Thai politics since fleeing the country in 2008, accused of undermining the powerful monarchy, breaching conflict-of-interest laws and sentenced in absentia to two years in prison. He remains a populist hero among the rural masses but is reviled by much of the traditional Bangkok elite of top generals, royal advisers, middle-class bureaucrats and business leaders - who largely back the opposition Democrat Party.After forcing their way inside the Finance Ministry on Monday and bursting through the gates of the Foreign Ministry compound, the Democrat-led protesters kept marching on Tuesday. "Our important mission today is to surround the four important ministries of the government," Watchara Ritthakanee, a protest leader, told a cheering, whistle-blowing crowd. In Thailand, Protesters Seek To Remove Prime Minster From Office Thai PM Invokes Emergency Law Amid Fierce Protests Internal security act imposed in Bangkok as Thai protests widen Thai protesters step up campaign to oust government Thai protesters step up campaign to oust government Thai prime minister invokes security law after protesters occupy ministries Thai anti-government protesters mass outside Interior Ministry Thai protesters step up campaign to oust government Protesters in Thailand Find New Battleground in Sound Thai political protests paralyse more ministries Thailand protests: More ministries surrounded Thai Protests Continue Protesters Raid Compound of Thai Finance Ministry Thailand protests: PM Yingluck invokes security powers Thai protesters occupy Finance Ministry in bid to oust government Thai anti-government protesters occupy finance ministry Thailand government under pressure as thousands march in protest Thai capital hit by biggest protests since deadly 2010 unrest Thai anti-government protesters stage major rally Ministry takeovers prompts expanded ISA | Bangkok Post: learning Thai protesters besiege more govt ministriesPublish Date: Nov 26, 2013 Thailand protests: Long shadow of the 'Thaksin regime' prompts new ... Thailand, Thailand, Bangkok Protests, Thailand Demonstrations, Thailand Emergency Law, Thailand Prime Minister, Thailand Protesters, Thailand Violence, World News,Thailand Violence, Thailand Demonstrations, Thailand, Thailand Prime Minister, Thailand Protesters, Thailand Protests, Bangkok Protests, Thailand Emergency Law,Thailand Violence, Thailand Islamist Rebels, Thailand Ceasefire, Thailand, Thailand War, Thailand Islamists, Thai Ramadan, Ramadan Ceasefire, Thai Rebels, Ramadan Truce, Thailand Ramadan, Thailand Civil War, Thailand Rebels, Ramadan, Thai Islamists, Religion News Thailand protest strands thousands of tourists at Bangkok airport Thanks for comment, subscribe to updates http://goo.gl/8faygM and More news follow Twitter @newsdailyplanet Thailand protest strands thousands of tourists at Bangkok airport All flights cancelled as Suvarnabhumi airport after invasion by anti-government demonstrators Anti-government protesters in Thailand have broken through a gate and made their way into the prime minister's office compound as police stood by and watched. Hundreds of demonstrators poured on to the lawn of Government House in Bangkok, waving Thai flags and blowing whistles. At the time, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was not inside her office, which has been locked since Friday. Police had lifted barriers to allow demonstrators into the headquarters - in a dramatic reduction of security for the symbolic seat of government power. Officers were ordered to stand down on Tuesday to avoid more violence after three days of clashes with protesters who to