In pictures: Bangkok stand-off

More than a week after demonstrations began, thousands of anti-government protesters and riot police are engaged in a stand-off on the streets of Bangkok.

The protesters want the government to step down, because they say it is both corrupt and an proxy for ousted leader Thaksin Shinawatra.

But in a radio address, Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej said he was standing firm, and accused the protesters of threatening anarchy.

Mr Samak says he will put the protesters' concerns to a national referendum. But the demonstrators reacted angrily and vowed to remain in place.

Many of them have been sleeping in the government compound, which they have occupied since the demonstrations began on 26 August.

The protests are confined to a small area of Bangkok. But there is concern that they could drive tourists away, exacerbating Thailand's economic woes.

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