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Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (R) smiles while receiving a souvenir from FIFA President Joseph Blatter (L) at Government House in Bangkok on September 15, 2009. Blatter visited Thailand to promote the World Cup 2010 in South Africa.

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  1. Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (L) greets U.N. Development Programme Administrator Helen Clark at the Foreign Ministry in Bangkok October 5, 2009. Clark was attending the launch of the 2009 Human Development Report titled "Overcoming Barriers; Human Mobility and Development".
  2. Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, right, greets back to a victim of the train derailment at a hospital in Hua Hin, Prachuabkirikhant province, sothern Thailand Monday, Oct. 5, 2009. A train derailed during heavy rains Monday near Thailand's coastal city of Hua Hin, killing at least 10 people, including a 2-year-old girl, and injuring 88 others, officials said.
  3. Gilles Simon (L) of France talks with Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (R) during a trophy ceremony following the ATP Thailand Open tennis tournament in Bangkok on October 4, 2009. Simon used his experience to defeat Serb Viktor Troicki 7-5, 6-3 at the Thailand Open, winning his first title of the season.
  4. Gilles Simon (R) of France recieves his trophy from Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (L) during a ceremony following the ATP Thailand Open tennis tournament in Bangkok on October 4, 2009. Simon used his experience to defeat Serb Viktor Troicki 7-5, 6-3 at the Thailand Open, winning his first title of the season.
  5. Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (R) stands next to Russian tennis player Marat Safin (L) during the opening ceremony of ATP Thailand Open tennis tournament in Bangkok on October 1, 2009. Gilles Simon of France tested his chronic sore knee with a 6-2, 6-2 defeat of American Kevin Kim while retiring Russian Marat Safin ticked up another tournament loss Thursday as he winds down his career at the Thailand Open.
  6. U.N. Climate chief Yvo de Boer, left, and Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, right, look on prior to the start of the opening session of the U.N. climate talks Monday, Sept. 28, 2009, in Bangkok, Thailand.
  7. UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer (L) sits next to Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (R) during the opening of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bangkok on September 28, 2009. UN negotiations for a global climate treaty resumed in Bangkok amid fears that delegates will fail to agree on a draft text ahead of December's crucial showdown in Copenhagen.
  8. Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva arrives at the opening session of the Bangkok Climate Change Talks September 28, 2009. The Bangkok talks, part of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), run to October 9 and will aim to draft a long-term cooperative action to fight against global warming.
  9. US President Barack Obama (2ndL) and US First Lady Michelle Obama (R) welcome Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (L) and his wife Pimpen Sakuntabhai to the G20 dinner at the Phipps Conservatory on September 24, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  10. US President Barack Obama (2ndL) and US First Lady Michelle Obama welcome Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (L) and his wife Pimpen Sakuntabhai to the G20 dinner at the Phipps Conservatory on September 24, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  11. Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, right, and Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko listen as U.S. President Barack Obama speaks a a luncheon at the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.
  12. Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (R) smiles while receiving a souvenir from FIFA President Joseph Blatter (L) Thai Football Association chairman, Worawi Makudi (R) looks on at Government House in Bangkok on September 15, 2009. Blatter visited Thailand to promote the World Cup 2010 in South Africa.
  13. Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (R) smiles while receiving a souvenir from FIFA President Joseph Blatter (L) at Government House in Bangkok on September 15, 2009. Blatter visited Thailand to promote the World Cup 2010 in South Africa.
  14. Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (R) smiles while receiving a souvenir from FIFA President Joseph Blatter (L) at Government House in Bangkok on September 15, 2009. Blatter visited Thailand to promote the World Cup 2010 in South Africa.
  15. FIFA President Joseph Blatter, left, shakes hands as he hands over an FIFA flag to Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, center, while President of the Football Association of Thailand Worawi Magoodee, right, looks on at the government house in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009. Blatter is in Thailand for a three-day visit.
  16. Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva speaks at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bangkok on September 28, 2009. UN negotiations for a global climate treaty resumed in Bangkok amid fears that delegates will fail to agree on a draft text ahead of December's crucial showdown in Copenhagen. The talks are the latest session in nearly two years of haggling -- known as the 'Bali Road Map' -- that have fallen far short of an agreement to tackle climate change beyond 2010.

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