Around 2,700 police and soldiers began laying siege to the slums on November 25th, and gave their adversaries a deadline of sunset on November 27th to surrender.

十一月廿五日，约两千七百名军警开始围攻贫民窟，要求这群首谋分子在十一月廿七日太阳下山之前投降自首。

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But the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, or b. M. A., has brushed aside that proposal, and the city has set a deadline of Feb. 28 for the villagers to surrender their homes for demolition.

但是，曼谷都市管理局(Bangkok Metropolitan Administration)已经放弃了这一建议，该市已将2月28日规定为最后期限，要求村民们届时交出房子以供拆除。

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Mr Bouteflika's plan is based on offering a partial amnesty to armed militants who surrender before a deadline in January.

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