Thailand's youthful anti-government protesters outsmarted police early last Friday evening by switching their gathering point at the last minute.
In the end, though, the police got the last laugh when they cleared Bangkok's Pathumwan intersection by blasting protesters with stinging jets of water and sending in officers with riot gear to push back crowds of umbrella-toting demonstrators.
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