PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS MATERIAL THAT WAS ORIGINALLY 4:3<br/> <br />ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION).<br/> <br />STORY: Rubber farmers in southern Thailand clashed with police on Thursday (September 5) in Prachuap, a province roughly 300 kilometres (186 miles) south of Bangkok, as they threatened to shut down city halls in 14 southern provinces after the government rejected their demands for price rises.<br/> <br />It is part of a deepening crisis that is testing the populist government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.<br/> <br />Angered by steep price declines, tens of thousands of rubber farmers have taken to the streets for two weeks, blocking roads and railways.<br/> <br />Protesters clashed with baton-wielding police in Prachuap Khiri Khanon province on the main road from Bangkok to the southern beach resort region of Phuket, authorities said.<br/> <br />Local police say at least one officer was injured after acid was thrown in his face and an unknown number of protesters were also injured.<br/> <br />Ten
