Thailand braced for a threatened shutdown of its capital on Monday (January 13) by protesters who want to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and install an unelected government, as fears grew that the south-east Asian country could be heading for civil war.<br/> <br />More than ten thousand anti-government protesters marched through downtown Bangkok as tents and stages were set up in at least seven residential and main business areas.<br/> <br />Protesters started blocking major intersections late on Sunday (January 12), aiming to create traffic chaos in a city with an estimated 12 million population where roads are clogged at the best of times.<br/> <br />The upheaval is the latest chapter in an eight-year conflict pitting Bangkok's middle class and royalist establishment against the mostly poor, rural supporters of Yingluck and her self-exiled brother, former premier Thaksin Shinawatra.<br/> <br />Thaksin was ousted by the military in 2006 and sentenced to jail in absentia for abuse of power in 2
