Thai FM hands in resignation as protesters refuse to budge

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BANGKOK (AFP) — Thailand's foreign minister handed in his resignation Wednesday a day after the prime minister clamped emergency rule on Bangkok following deadly clashes and days of protests against his rule.

An aide to Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, who would not be named, told AFP that Foreign Minister Tej Bunnag submitted his resignation citing his wife's ill health, but it has yet to be accepted by the prime minister.

Samak is fighting to rally support in the face of thousands of protesters who have besieged his empty government offices for the past week, calling on him to resign.

Early Tuesday the so-called People's Alliance for Democracy clashed with government supporters in Bangkok, leaving one man dead and 44 people injured, prompting Samak to...