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Thai PM calls for unity to defend capital from floods
Posted by Reuters: Ploy Ten Kate on October 22nd, 2011
Reuters: Thailand's government scrambled to protect the capital on Saturday and defend two industrial zones from flooding as water levels crept higher and hundreds of riverside residents prepared to leave their homes.
The diversion of floodwater that reached levels as high as three meters on Bangkok's fringe provinces appeared to be working for now, although some spilled into northern districts, forcing hundreds into evacuation centers.
Thailand's worst flooding in half a century has affected a third...