Thai protestors 'threaten more demos'

Thai protesters demanding the dissolution of parliament planned to spread out into more parts of Bangkok today, a day after forcing a shutdown of the capital’s busy elevated train system and escalating weeks of anti-government demonstrations.

Prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said he hoped to resolve the stand-off peacefully even as the government cancelled rubbish collection in the barricaded encampment in the city’s commercial district that thousands of protesters have occupied since last month.