Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen greets his government officials during the Independence Day celebration at the Independence Monument in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Thailand's fugitive ex-leader, Thaksin Shinawatra, will visit Cambodia this week after being appointed an economic adviser, Hun Sen said Sunday, inflaming a diplomatic row between the neighbors. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 week ago

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen greets his government officials during the Independence Day celebration at the Independence Monument in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Thailand's fugitive ex-leader, Thaksin Shinawatra, will visit Cambodia this week after being appointed an economic adviser, Hun Sen said Sunday, inflaming a diplomatic row between the neighbors.

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  1. Cambodian Pime Minister Hun Sen and Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong (L) at the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting in Cha-am, Thailand October 24, 2009. In a slap in the face to Thailand's rulers, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun offered fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra a job as economic adviser. Thaksin, ousted in a 2006 coup, heavily influences a red-shirted, anti-government protest movement from self-imposed exile in Dubai. Thailand is seeking to extradite him to serve a jail term for corruption.
  2. A demonstrator from Thailand's royalist 'Yellow Shirt' movement holds a sign showing former premier Thaksin Shinawatra (L) hugging Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (R) during a rally in Bangkok on November 15, 2009. Thousands of royalist demonstrators protested in Bangkok against a visit to Cambodia by their arch-foe, fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra. The group said it had called the rally to express outrage at the neighbouring country's appointment of Thaksin as an economic adviser and Phnom Penh's refusal to extradite him during his four-day trip there this week.
  3. A yellow-shirted protester holds a portrait of former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen during a rally in Bangkok November 15, 2009. Thousands of Thais gathered in central Bangkok on Sunday to protest at remarks made about the monarchy by fugitive ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
  4. Members of the ASAEN 10 link hands for a group photo, from left to right, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, Myanmar's Prime Minister Gen. Thein Sein, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, U.S. President Barack Obama, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Laotian Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphvanh, in Singapore, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009.
  5. From left, U.S. President Barack Obama, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, foreground, Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, prepare to take their seats for a multilateral meeting with ASEAN-10 members in Singapore Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009.
  6. Members of the ASEAN 10 stand for a group photo, from left to right, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, Myanmar's Prime Minister Gen. Thein Sein, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, U.S. President Barack Obama, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Laotian Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphvanh, in Singapore, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009.
  7. (L/R) Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak, Myanmar's Prime Minister General Thein Sein, Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, US President Barack Obama,Thailand's Prime Minister Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet , Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen , Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, and Lao's Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh. shake hands during the group photograph at the ASEAN-US leaders meeting in Singapore on November 15, 2009, on the sidelines of The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit. US President Barack Obama held an unprecedented group summit with Southeast Asian leaders, including the prime minister of regional pariah Myanmar. Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told Obama and his colleagues from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations that he wanted 'to welcome all of you to the first ASEAN-US leaders' meeting'.
  8. U.S. President Barack Obama (5th L) poses with ASEAN Leaders before their ASEAN-US meeting in Singapore November 15, 2009. Pictured (L-R) are: Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak, Myanmar's Prime Minister Thein Sein, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Vietnam's President Nguyen Minh Triet , Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Laos' Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh.
  9. Supporters of the fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra link their hands at a gathering during the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in the southern Thai resort town of Cha-am on October 23, 2009. Asian leaders are meeting in Thailand amid tight security this weekend to discuss ways to deepen economic ties and sustain the region's rebound from the recent global downturn, officials said.
  10. Sondhi Limthongkul (C), leader of the movement's new political party who led a blockade of Bangkok's airports last year to drive Thaksin's allies from government, answers questions from the press at Metropolitan Police Bureau in Bangkok on October 9, 2009. Sondhi reported to the police and acknowledge the charge for trespassing Government House related to yellow shirt street protests last year.
  11. Sondhi Limthongkul (C), leader of the movement's new political party who led a blockade of Bangkok's airports last year to drive Thaksin's allies from government, arrives at the Metropolitan Police Bureau in Bangkok on October 9, 2009. Sondhi reported to the police and acknowledge the charge for trespassing Government House related to yellow shirt street protests last year.
  12. Sondhi Limthongkul (C), leader of the movement's new political party who led a blockade of Bangkok's airports last year to drive Thaksin's allies from government, answers questions from the press at Metropolitan Police Bureau in Bangkok on October 9, 2009. Sondhi reported to the police and acknowledge the charge for trespassing Government House related to yellow shirt street protests last year.
  13. Sondhi Limthongkul (C), leader of the movement's new political party who led a blockade of Bangkok's airports last year to drive Thaksin's allies from government, answers questions from the press at Metropolitan Police Bureau in Bangkok on October 9, 2009. Sondhi reported to the police and acknowledge the charge for trespassing Government House related to yellow shirt street protests last year.
  14. Sondhi Limthongkul (C), leader of the movement's new political party who led a blockade of Bangkok's airports last year to drive Thaksin's allies from government, answers questions from the press at Metropolitan Police Bureau in Bangkok on October 9, 2009. Sondhi reported to the police and acknowledge the charge for trespassing Government House related to yellow shirt street protests last year.
  15. Thai soldiers stand guard inside the Government House compound in Bangkok on September 19, 2009 during a rally to mark the third anniversary of a military coup that removed Thaksin from power. Thousands of red-shirted protesters rallied in Bangkok amid tight security after the government imposed a Draconian internal security law in the centre of the capital for the latest demonstrations and deployed more than 9,000 soliders and police to guard key locations.
  16. An injured "yellow shirt" protester is rushed to hospital after a grenade attack during a rally in Bangkok November 15, 2009. Thousands of Thais gathered in central Bangkok on Sunday to protest at remarks made about the monarchy by fugitive ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

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