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A Thai court has ordered thousands of anti-government protesters to leave the office compound of the prime minister. The demonstrators from the People's Alliance for Democracy have been occupying the compound since Tuesday in a bid to force Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej to step down. Earlier, a court issued arrest warrants for nine leaders of the campaign on charges of inciting unrest and trying to overthrow the government. Two thousand police were positioned around the area.The PAD accuses Samak of ruling as a proxy for ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Samak has accused the protesters of trying to provoke a coup.