Soldiers stand guard in front of a portrait of Thailand's revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit during a gathering of supporters of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in Bangkok April 13, 2009. The Thai army cracked down on anti-government protesters on Monday, firing warning shots at a major junction in the capital at demonstrators who responded by hurling petrol bombs, witnesses said. Reuters Pictures 7 months ago

Soldiers stand guard in front of a portrait of Thailand's revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit during a gathering of supporters of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in Bangkok April 13, 2009. The Thai army cracked down on anti-government protesters on Monday, firing warning shots at a major junction in the capital at demonstrators who responded by hurling petrol bombs, witnesses said.

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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.
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  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.
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  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. Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is seen at the Parliament in Bangkok November 10, 2009. The Thai Cabinet approved Tuesday ending talks with Cambodia on their disputed. maritime border to protest Phnom Penh's appointment of ousted Thai Prime. Minister Thaksin Shinawatra as an economic adviser, Thailand's deputy. government spokesman said. The approval came the same day as Thaksin arrived in Cambodia to meet. Prime Minister Hun Sen and give an economic lecture to more than 300 Cambodian. economists later in the week.
  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. A Thai well-wisher prays for Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej's recovery at Siriraj hospital in Bangkok on November 10, 2009. King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who is regarded as a demi-god by many Thais and as a stabilising force in the politically turbulent nation, has been in hospital since mid-September with a lung infection and fever.
  12. Thai well-wishers hold portraits of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej as they pray for his recovery outside Siriraj hospital in Bangkok on November 10, 2009. King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who is regarded as a demi-god by many Thais and as a stabilising force in the politically turbulent nation, has been in hospital since mid-September with a lung infection and fever.
  13. A Thai well-wisher looks through binocular as people gather to pray for Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej's recovery outside Siriraj hospital in Bangkok on November 10, 2009. King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who is regarded as a demi-god by many Thais and as a stabilising force in the politically turbulent nation, has been in hospital since mid-September with a lung infection and fever.
  14. Thai well-wishers pray for Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej's recovery outside Siriraj hospital in Bangkok on November 10, 2009. King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who is regarded as a demi-god by many Thais and as a stabilising force in the politically turbulent nation, has been in hospital since mid-September with a lung infection and fever.
  15. A well-wisher sits behind a portrait of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej at Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok November 10, 2009. King Bhumibol, the world longest reigning monarch, has been treated at Bangkok's Siriraj Hospital since September 19 for fever.
  16. A well-wisher holds a portrait of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej as she and others pray for his fast recovery at Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok November 10, 2009. King Bhumibol, the world longest reigning monarch, has been treated at Bangkok's Siriraj Hospital since September 19 for fever.

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