Anti-government protester sleep at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, early Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008 after besieging the airport. Outbound flights at the airport were temporarily suspended at 9 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said, shortly before hundreds of demonstrators - some masked and armed with metal rods - broke through police lines and spilled into the passenger terminal. Airport manager Serirat Prasutanon said airport authorities had tried to negotiate with the protesters "but to no avail. " "For the safety for passengers, we have to stop flights out of the airport temporarily until the situation returns to normal," he said in a statement, adding that incoming flights were still operating. The anti-government protesters are demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat. AP Photo logo AP Photo 12 months ago

Anti-government protester sleep at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, early Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008 after besieging the airport. Outbound flights at the airport were temporarily suspended at 9 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said, shortly before hundreds of demonstrators - some masked and armed with metal rods - broke through police lines and spilled into the passenger terminal. Airport manager Serirat Prasutanon said airport authorities had tried to negotiate with the protesters "but to no avail. " "For the safety for passengers, we have to stop flights out of the airport temporarily until the situation returns to normal," he said in a statement, adding that incoming flights were still operating. The anti-government protesters are demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat.

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  1. Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (front 2nd R), former Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat (front R) and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (front C) pose with Hun Sen's extended family during their meeting at the latter's house in Phnom Penh November 10, 2009. Thaksin, wanted at home for a graft conviction, arrived in Cambodia on Tuesday to take up a job offer from the government that has set off a diplomatic row with Bangkok. Hun Sen has made Thaksin an economic adviser to his government and offered him a home in his country. Thaksin is set to brief more than 300 Cambodian economic experts at the Ministry of Economy and Finance on November 12 in the capital. Hun Sen's family includes (back R-L) Hun Sen's daughter-in-law Chay Lin, Hun Sen's son-in-law Dy Vichea and his wife Hun Mana, Hun Sen's son Hun Manet and his wife (unidentified), Hun Sen's son-in-law Sok Puthivuth and his wife Hun Maly and Hun Sen's son Hun Manith and his wife (unidentified). (Front L-R) Somchai's wife Yaowapa Wongsawasdi and Hun Sen's wief Bun Rany.

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