A supporters of exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra looks on during a rally Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008, near the Royal Palace in Bangkok. Demonstrators are calling for a march on Parliament sparking fears of a replay of the political unrest that paralyzed the government in Thailand for months culminating in an eight-day seizure of the capital's airports. AP Photo logo AP Photo 10 months ago

A supporters of exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra looks on during a rally Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008, near the Royal Palace in Bangkok. Demonstrators are calling for a march on Parliament sparking fears of a replay of the political unrest that paralyzed the government in Thailand for months culminating in an eight-day seizure of the capital's airports.

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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. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen speaks upon his arrival at Phnom Penh international airport on November 8, 2009. Ousted Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra will visit Cambodia this week in his new role as the government's economics adviser, the Cambodian Prime Minister told reporters on November 8.
  9. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen speaks upon his arrival at Phnom Penh international airport on November 8, 2009. Ousted Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra will visit Cambodia this week in his new role as the government's economics adviser, the Cambodian Prime Minister told reporters on November 8.
  10. Cambodian vendors enter through a Cambodia-Thailand border gate at Poipet, Bantey Meanchey province, 415 kilometers (258 miles) southwestern of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2009. Thailand announced Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, it plans to back out of an offshore border agreement with Cambodia, the latest barb in a diplomatic dispute fueled by Phnom Penh's appointment of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra as a government adviser.
  11. Cambodian vendors enter through a Cambodia-Thailand border gate at Poipet, Bantey Meanchey provinve, 415 kilometers (258 miles) southwestern of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2009. Thailand announced Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, it plans to back out of an offshore border agreement with Cambodia, the latest barb in a diplomatic dispute fueled by Phnom Penh's appointment of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra as a government adviser.
  12. Cambodian vendors wait to enter a Cambodia-Thailand border gate at Poipet, Bantey Meanchey provinve, 415 kilometers (258 miles) southwestern of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2009. Thailand announced Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, it plans to back out of an offshore border agreement with Cambodia, the latest barb in a diplomatic dispute fueled by Phnom Penh's appointment of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra as a government adviser.
  13. Cambodian vendors wait to enter a Cambodia-Thai border gate at Poipet, Bantey Meanchey provinve, 415 kilometers (258 miles) southwestern of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2009. Thailand announced Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, it plans to back out of an offshore border agreement with Cambodia, the latest barb in a diplomatic dispute fueled by Phnom Penh's appointment of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra as a government adviser.
  14. Cambodian vendors transporting goods on a truck cross a Cambodia-Thai border gate at Prum village in Pailin provinve, 374 kilometers (232 miles) southwestern of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Thailand announced Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, it plans to back out of an offshore border agreement with Cambodia, the latest barb in a diplomatic dispute fueled by Phnom Penh's appointment of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra as a government adviser.
  15. Cambodian vendors transporting goods cross a Thai-Cambodia border gate at Prum village in Pailin provinve, 374 kilometers (232 miles) southwestern of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Thailand announced Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, it plans to back out of an offshore border agreement with Cambodia, the latest barb in a diplomatic dispute fueled by Phnom Penh's appointment of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra as a government adviser.
  16. A policeman walks outside the Cambodian Embassy in Bangkok November 6, 2009. Thailand and Cambodia recalled their ambassadors from each others' countries on Thursday, deepening a diplomatic row after Cambodia made fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra an economic adviser.

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