Thai parliament convenes crisis session over protests

THAILAND’S parliament has convened an emergency session at the request of the country’s prime minister, who acknowledged that his administration cannot control spiralling anti-government protests.

Prime minister Samak Sundaravej’s People’s Power Party said it plans to present a compromise in parliament to appease the thousands of protesters occupying his official compound for a sixth day.

Protest leaders say they will not back down until Samak resigns, which he refuses to do.