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Phuket Airport flights to or from Bangkok are being disrupted by protests in Bangkok.

This is the situation at Phuket International Airport last night after the Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok announced it had to close outbound flights due to protestors in its departure lounge. Direct international flights and domestic...

from YouTube on Wed, Nov 26 2008

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