A demonstrator holding a portrait of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej and other demonstrators call for a stop to violence between government troops and supporters of ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in Bangkok April 13, 2009. Thai troops fired at crowds of anti-government protesters in central Bangkok on Monday and demonstrators fought back with firebombs and rocks, propelling Thailand deeper into political crisis. Reuters Pictures 8 months ago

A demonstrator holding a portrait of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej and other demonstrators call for a stop to violence between government troops and supporters of ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in Bangkok April 13, 2009. Thai troops fired at crowds of anti-government protesters in central Bangkok on Monday and demonstrators fought back with firebombs and rocks, propelling Thailand deeper into political crisis.

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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen (L) is pictured with fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra during a meeting at his house in Phnom Penh December 14, 2009. Thaksin returned to Cambodia on Sunday, a month after a visit that sparked a diplomatic row when the Cambodian government refused Bangkok's request to extradite him.
  9. Well-wishers pray for King Bhumibol Adulyadej near Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok September 22, 2009. The health of Thailand's 81-year-old King, Bhumibol Adulyadej, has improved slightly after he was admitted to hospital for the second time in four days, the Royal Household Bureau said on Monday.
  10. Well-wishers pray for King Bhumibol Adulyadej at Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok September 22, 2009. The health of Thailand's 81-year-old King, Bhumibol Adulyadej, has improved slightly after he was admitted to hospital for the second time in four days, the Royal Household Bureau said on Monday.
  11. Bangkok's Ratchadamnoen Road is decorated with lights to mark the 82nd birthday of Thailand's revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej December 6, 2009.
  12. People take pictures of a billboard of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit decorated with lights set up to mark the king's 82nd birthday on Ratchadamnoen Road in Bangkok December 6, 2009. Thailand's aging monarch addressed the nation on Saturday for the first time since hospitalisation more than two months ago, marking his 82nd birthday with a call for "calm" in the politically turbulent country.
  13. People look at a billboard of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit decorated with lights set up to mark the king's 82nd birthday on Ratchadamnoen Road in Bangkok December 6, 2009. Thailand's aging monarch addressed the nation on Saturday for the first time since hospitalisation more than two months ago, marking his 82nd birthday with a call for "calm" in the politically turbulent country.
  14. A man takes a picture of a billboard of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit decorated with lights set up to mark the king's 82nd birthday on Ratchadamnoen Road in Bangkok December 6, 2009. Thailand's aging monarch addressed the nation on Saturday for the first time since hospitalisation more than two months ago, marking his 82nd birthday with a call for "calm" in the politically turbulent country.
  15. BANGKOK, THAILAND - DECEMBER 05: A well-wisher holds up a picture of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej outside the Siriraj Hospital on December 5, 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand. Adulyadej has been King since 1946 and is now Thailand's longest serving monarch. He was admitted to hospital several months ago with flu like symptoms but was discharged in time to celebrate his birthday celebrations today.
  16. BANGKOK, THAILAND - DECEMBER 05: Members of the public hold up candles and photographs of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej outside the Siriraj Hospital on December 5, 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand. Adulyadej has been King since 1946 and is now Thailand's longest serving monarch. He was admitted to hospital several months ago with flu like symptoms but was discharged in time to celebrate his birthday celebrations today.

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