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PAD PROTEST: Airport runway clear, but still no flights

Legacy Phuket GazetteFriday, August 29, 2008Last Updated: Friday, August 29, 2008

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PHUKET AIRPORT: Police have persuaded protesters to leave the runway at Phuket International Airport, the Gazette has learned.

Protesters left the landing strip on the agreement from airport officials that flights would not resume until their demands had been met.

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