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	Korkaew said the number of PAD-led protesters was about 100 times lower than the number of red-shirt protesters in 2010.</div>
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	&ldquo;With this number of protesters, they may rally all year round but they won&rsquo;t be able to topple the government,&rdquo; Korkaew said.</div>
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	He said he believed the PAD was simply trying to provoke for a coup.</div>
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Korkaew plays down protests by yellow shirts

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