Special security powers have been extended for another week in Thailand, where thousands of anti-government protesters are encamped in the capital.
The cabinet-approved Internal Security Act allows the security forces to impose curfews and set up checkpoints.
The demonstrators, many of whom support exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, have held a series of rallies aimed at forcing new elections.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has said he will not bow to ultimatums.
Last week, members of the "red-shirt" movement spattered their own blood outside the government's headquarters in Bangkok, the prime minister's private residence, and the offices of his Democrat Party.
'Public well-being'
The decision to extend the Internal Security Act was taken at a cabinet meeting held inside a heavily-guarded ministry complex on the outskirts of Bangkok. - bbc
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