Rice farmers wait by farm trucks and tractors on a highway road in Ayutthaya province before they head to protest at Suvarnabhumi airport on Friday. AFP PHOTO
Rice farmers wait by farm trucks and tractors on a highway road in Ayutthaya province before they head to protest at Suvarnabhumi airport on Friday. AFP PHOTO

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand: Thousands of angry Thai rice farmers called off a threat to descend on Bangkok’s main airport on Friday in a rare reprieve for the embattled government after months of opposition street protests.

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