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Thai PM says losing patience with protests

BANGKOK
Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:36am EDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej gave his interior minister direct control of the police to end anti-government protests on Tuesday, saying his patience was running out.

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"We will do everything to bring the situation back to normal," Samak said on national television after thousands of protesters stormed his government compound and a state television station in a bid to force him out of power.

(Reporting by Nopporn Wong-Anan; Writing by Darren Schuettler; Editing by Alan Raybould)
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