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Protesters blockading international flights to Bangkok threatened to draft in more demonstrators Monday as the tense standoff with authorities looked set to enter a second week.

Parnthep Puapongpan, a spokesman for the People's Alliance for Democracy -- which is leading the protests -- said it planned to end an occupation at the Thai prime minister's main offices, where demonstrators have camped out since August 26, and divert demonstrators to the two airports.

He did not say how soon the protesters will end their sit-in at Government House, where they have fortified a site with sandbags, tires and shells of burnt-out buses. Read full article »

CNN's Dan Rivers and Kocha Olarn contributed to this report

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