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Sun Apr 12, 2009 7:39pm EDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Anti-government protesters in Thailand hurled petrol bombs at troops at a major intersection in Bangkok on Monday after the military tried repeatedly to disperse them, a Reuters witness said.

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About 500 troops repeatedly rushed at scores of protesters around the Din Daeng cloverleaf, firing warning shots at Bangkok's biggest intersection. Protesters responded by hurling at least a dozen petrol bombs at them, the witness said.

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva declared a state of emergency in Bangkok on Sunday.

(Reporting by Martin Petty; Writing by Bill Tarrant; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)
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