Fugitive Thai banker Rakesh Saxena is escorted by Thai police officers at the Crime Suppression Division office in Bangkok October 31, 2009. Rakesh returned to Thailand after the Supreme Court of Canada rejected his latest appeal against extradition. Saxena, 57, was charged by Thai police in 1996 with helping to embezzle about $82 million from the former Bangkok Bank of Commerce, where he served as a senior advisor. Reuters Pictures 4 weeks ago

Fugitive Thai banker Rakesh Saxena is escorted by Thai police officers at the Crime Suppression Division office in Bangkok October 31, 2009. Rakesh returned to Thailand after the Supreme Court of Canada rejected his latest appeal against extradition. Saxena, 57, was charged by Thai police in 1996 with helping to embezzle about $82 million from the former Bangkok Bank of Commerce, where he served as a senior advisor.

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  1. Workers put up a giant portrait of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej outside the Supreme Court building in Bangkok, Thailand Monday, Nov. 30, 2009. Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who has been hospitalized more than two months, will make a public appearance to celebrate his 82nd birthday this weekend but will not deliver a traditional annual speech, the palace said Monday. The royal statement provided no update on the medical condition of Bhumibol, the world's longest-reigning monarch, whose health has been a matter of nationwide concern since he was admitted to a Bangkok hospital Sept. 19. At the time his symptoms were described as fever, fatigue and lack of appetite. The King will turn 82 on Saturday, December 5, 2009.
  2. The remains of a device is seen after an explosion in front of the Supreme Court building in Tegucigalpa, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. The early morning blast blew out windows in the building, but no injuries were reported. Honduras general elections are scheduled for Nov. 29.
  3. Police officers inspect a damaged window, right, near where damage can be seen to a wall after an explosion in front of the Supreme Court building in Tegucigalpa, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. The early morning blast blew out windows in the building, but no injuries were reported. Honduras general elections are scheduled for Nov. 29.
  4. Police officers inspect a damaged window after an explosion in front of the Supreme Court in Tegucigalpa, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. The early morning blast blew out windows in the building, but no injuries were reported. Honduras general elections are scheduled for Nov. 29.
  5. Police officers inspect a damaged window after an explosion in front of the Supreme Court building in Tegucigalpa, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. The early morning blast blew out windows in the building, but no injuries were reported. Honduras general elections are scheduled for Nov. 29.
  6. A police officer holds part of a device after an explosion in front of the Supreme Court in Tegucigalpa, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. The early morning blast blew out windows in the building, but no injuries were reported. Honduras general elections are scheduled for Nov. 29.
  7. In this book cover image released by Sarah Crichton Books, "American Original: The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia" by Joan Biskupic is shown.
  8. A supporter of former Italian guerrilla Cesare Battisti conducts a hunger strike to protest against his extradition outside the Cultural Center Banco do Brasil (Brazil's President Office) in Brasilia November 20, 2009. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is not thinking of extraditing Battisti despite a Supreme Court ruling that he should be sent home, a high-ranking government source said on Thursday. The banner reads "Lula extraditing Cesare is modernizing the Inquisition".
  9. A supporter of former Italian guerrilla Cesare Battisti conducts a hunger strike to protest against his extradition outside the Cultural Center Banco do Brasil (Brazil's President Office) in Brasilia November 20, 2009. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is not thinking of extraditing Battisti despite a Supreme Court ruling that he should be sent home, a high-ranking government source said on Thursday. The banner reads "Lula extraditing Cesare is modernizing the Inquisition".
  10. Supporters of former Italian guerrilla Cesare Battisti conduct a hunger strike to protest against his extradition outside the Cultural Center Banco do Brasil (Brazil's President Office) in Brasilia November 20, 2009. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is not thinking of extraditing Battisti despite a Supreme Court ruling that he should be sent home, a high-ranking government source said on Thursday. The banner reads "We are on hunger strike".
  11. Bolivia's Supreme Court Judge Rosario Canedo lies on chairs in Congress during her second day of a hunger strike in La Paz, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Canedo is protesting her suspension by Congress for alleged deliberate neglect of duty.
  12. Bolivia's Supreme Court Judge Rosario Canedo sits in Congress on her second day of a hunger strike in La Paz, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Canedo is protesting her suspension by Congress for alleged deliberate neglect of duty.
  13. Bolivia's Supreme Court Judge Rosario Canedo lies on chairs in Congress during her second day of a hunger strike in La Paz, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Canedo is protesting her suspension by Congress for alleged deliberate neglect of duty.
  14. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 19: Participants in a nativity scene make their way to the U.S. Supreme Court November 19, 2009 in Washington, DC. The group Faith and Action organized the nativity scene in front of the nation's highest court to raise awareness of religious freedoms at the start of the holiday season.
  15. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 19: A tourist watches as members of the group Faith in Action stage a nativity scene in front of the U.S. Supreme Court November 19, 2009 in Washington, DC. Faith and Action organized the nativity scene in front of the nation's highest court to raise awareness of religious freedoms at the start of the holiday season.
  16. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 19: Participants in a nativity scene make their way to the U.S. Supreme Court November 19, 2009 in Washington, DC. The group Faith and Action organized the nativity scene in front of the nation's highest court to raise awareness of religious freedoms at the start of the holiday season.

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