TOKYO - NOVEMBER 07: (L-R) Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Laotian Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung interact one another after a joint press conference following the Mekong-Japan Summit Meeting at Hatoyama's official residence on November 7, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. The two-day meeting is held to develop the relationships with Japan and five countries of the Mekong region. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 weeks ago

TOKYO - NOVEMBER 07: (L-R) Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Laotian Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung interact one another after a joint press conference following the Mekong-Japan Summit Meeting at Hatoyama's official residence on November 7, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. The two-day meeting is held to develop the relationships with Japan and five countries of the Mekong region.

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  3. A yellow-shirted protester holds a portrait of former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen during a rally in Bangkok November 15, 2009. Thousands of Thais gathered in central Bangkok on Sunday to protest at remarks made about the monarchy by fugitive ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
  4. Members of the ASAEN 10 link hands for a group photo, from left to right, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, Myanmar's Prime Minister Gen. Thein Sein, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, U.S. President Barack Obama, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Laotian Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphvanh, in Singapore, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009.
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  8. 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.
  9. 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.
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  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. Britain's Prince Andrew (L), the Duke of York, meets with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in Hanoi on October 5, 2009. The prince's two-day visit is aimed at boosting trade and investment relations with Vietnam.
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  15. Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (C) visits an area devastated by Typhoon Ketsana in Vietnam's central city of Hoi An October 1, 2009. Millions of people were battling on Thursday to cope with the aftermath of a typhoon that cut a destructive path through parts of Southeast Asia, killing 400, as a stronger storm emerged off the Philippines.
  16. Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, left, Chairman of the Presidium of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Huynh Dam, second from left, and Communist Party Chief Nong Duc Manh, third from left, watch Vietnamese women play instruments during the opening ceremony of the 7th National Congress of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, VFF, at the International Convention Center in Hanoi, Vietnam, Monday, Sept. 28, 2009. The VFF committees from across the country, including high-ranking leaders of the party and state, gathered for the three-day congress.

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