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>BANGKOK, April 14 (Reuters) - Four anti-government protest leaders loyal to exiled Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra surrendered to the government on Tuesday after calling off a three-week siege of Government House, national police chief Pacharawat Wongsuwan told reporters.
The protest leaders, including Veera Musikapong, had led tens of thousands of Thaksin's rural supporters in a blockade of the office of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to demand that he step down and call a snap election.
The protest had culminated in a day of clashes with soldiers at a key road junction in Bangkok and the burning of dozens of hijacked public buses on Monday.
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