By Pairat Temphairojana and Aukkarapon Niyomyat BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand's anti-corruption agency brings charges of negligence against Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Thursday as anti-government protesters demand her ouster in a standoff marred by violence that shows no sign of coming to an end. More than 300 government supporters gathered outside the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) in north Bangkok, where the charges were due to be brought, as riot police stood guard inside the three-storey complex. The anti-government protesters elsewhere in the city, whose disruption of a general election this month has left Thailand in paralysis, want to topple Yingluck and erase the influence of her brother, ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, seen by many as the real power in the country. The anti-government protesters have been on Bangkok's streets since November and have blocked main intersections for weeks to press their case.

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