Protests hurt Thai tourism

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Thailand's political turmoil has heaped further strain on an economy already battered by the effects of the global financial crisis. The royalist anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) may have lifted its crippling siege of Bangkok's airports after a court ruling sacked the Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat earlier this week, but analysts say the ruling has done nothing to solve the fundamental power struggle undermining Thailand's stability. Helen Long reports.

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