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A demonstrator from Thailand's royalist 'Yellow Shirt' movement ...

(AFP) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:10:00 GMT

(AFP) - A demonstrator from Thailand's royalist 'Yellow Shirt' movement holds a sign showing former premier Thaksin Shinawatra (L) hugging Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (R) during a rally in Bangkok on November 15. Cambodian officials allowed Thai diplomats Tuesday to make their first visit to a Thai national held on charges of spying on Thaksin, the Thai premier said. Photo:Christophe Archambault/AFP

A People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) protester is seen during ...

(AFP) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:08:00 GMT

(AFP) - A People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) protester is seen during an anti-government rally in 2008, in Bangkok. Thousands of members of Thailand's royalist 'Yellow Shirt' protest movement are set to rally in Bangkok on Sunday against a visit by fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra to neighbouring Cambodia. Photo:Hoang Dinh Nam/AFP

Protestors of an anti-smoking group shout slogans while holding ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:41:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Protestors of an anti-smoking group shout slogans while holding placards during a demonstration against TABINFO ASIA 2009 (Asia Pacific tobacco event) in Bangkok November 11, 2009. Over 500 anti-smoking protestors demonstrated against the tobacco meetings in Bangkok as manufacturers of tobacco gathered to discuss smoking regulations. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND SOCIETY CONFLICT)

A protestor of an anti-smoking group shouts slogans while holding ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:40:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A protestor of an anti-smoking group shouts slogans while holding a placard during a demonstration against TABINFO ASIA 2009 (Asia Pacific tobacco event) in Bangkok November 11, 2009. Over 500 anti-smoking protestors demonstrated against the tobacco meetings in Bangkok as manufacturers of tobacco gathered to discuss smoking regulations. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND SOCIETY CONFLICT)

Policemen stand guard as a protestor of an anti-smoking group ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:38:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Policemen stand guard as a protestor of an anti-smoking group holds a placard during a demonstration against TABINFO ASIA 2009 (Asia Pacific tobacco event) in Bangkok November 11, 2009. Over 500 anti-smoking protestors demonstrated against the tobacco meetings in Bangkok as manufacturers of tobacco gathered to discuss smoking regulations. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND SOCIETY CONFLICT)

Protestors of an anti-smoking group shouts slogans while holding ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:32:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Protestors of an anti-smoking group shouts slogans while holding placards during a demonstration against TABINFO ASIA 2009 (Asia Pacific tobacco event ) in Bangkok November 11, 2009. Over 500 anti-smoking protestors demonstrated against the tobacco meetings in Bangkok as manufacturers of tobacco gathered to discuss smoking regulations. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND SOCIETY CONFLICT)

A protestor of an anti-smoking group holds a placard during ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:29:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A protestor of an anti-smoking group holds a placard during a demonstration against TABINFO ASIA 2009 (Asia Pacific tobacco event ) in Bangkok November 11, 2009. Over 500 anti-smoking protestors demonstrated against the tobacco meetings in Bangkok as manufacturers of tobacco gathered to discuss smoking regulations. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND SOCIETY CONFLICT)

A protestor of an anti-smoking group shouts slogans in front ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:28:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A protestor of an anti-smoking group shouts slogans in front of a banner during a demonstration against TABINFO ASIA 2009 (Tobacco producer meeting) in Bangkok November 11, 2009. Over 500 of anti-smoking protestors protest against tobacco meeting in Bangkok as the tobacco manufacturers from across the world gather to discuss their way out from being squeezed by smoking regulations. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND CONFLICT SOCIETY)

Photo shows thousands of so-called ''Red Shirts'' gathering ...

(AFP) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:49:00 GMT

(AFP) - Photo shows thousands of so-called ''Red Shirts'' gathering during a protest in support of former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra in Bangkok. Shinawatra has landed in Cambodia to start a job as government economic adviser, escalating an already huge diplomatic row between the two countries. Photo:Nicolas Asfouri/AFP

Canadian protestor, Ashley Fruno, from the People for the Ethical ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:20:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Canadian protestor, Ashley Fruno, from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), holds a sign during a protest outside the Canadian Embassy in Bangkok October 26, 2009. The protest is part of PETA's campaign to bring attention to the practise of traditional seal hunting in Canada. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND SOCIETY ANIMALS CONFLICT)

A security official looks at Canadian protestor, Ashley Fruno, ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:18:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A security official looks at Canadian protestor, Ashley Fruno, from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), during a protest outside the Canadian Embassy in Bangkok October 26, 2009. The protest is part of PETA's campaign to bring attention to the practise of traditional seal hunting in Canada. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND SOCIETY ANIMALS CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A Greenpeace activist stands inside a plastic ball symbolizing ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 07:24:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Greenpeace activist stands inside a plastic ball symbolizing earth during a protest on climate change near the venue of the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in the seaside town of Hua Hin, some 190 km (118 miles) south of Bangkok, October 24, 2009. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND ENVIRONMENT CONFLICT)

Greenpeace protesters roll down a plastic ball symbolizing earth ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 07:21:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Greenpeace protesters roll down a plastic ball symbolizing earth with a fellow activist inside during a protest on climate change near the venue of the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in the seaside town of Hua Hin, some 190 km (118 miles) south of Bangkok, October 24, 2009. REUTERS/Erik de Castro (THAILAND ENVIRONMENT CONFLICT)

Thousands of Thailand's 'Yellow Shirt' protesters rallied in ...

(AFP) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:28:00 GMT

(AFP) - Thousands of Thailand's 'Yellow Shirt' protesters rallied in Bangkok Wednesday, a year on from violent clashes with police that rocked the capital, leaving two dead and hundreds injured. Photo:Pornchai Kittiwongsakul/AFP

Activists stage a protest outside the U.N. regional office where ...

(The Canadian Press) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:48:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Activists stage a protest outside the U.N. regional office where delegates are holding talks on global climate change Monday, Oct. 5, 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)

An activist wearing protesting mask joins a protest outside ...

(The Canadian Press) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:24:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - An activist wearing protesting mask joins a protest outside the U.N. regional office, where delegates are holding talks on climate change in Bangkok. Activists and fishers from Southeast Asia blamed northern countries on the recent severe flooding that was experienced by the Philippines, Vietnam and Cambodia due to massive rains brought by typhoon Ketsana. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Apichart Weerawong)

Demonstrators from the People's Alliance for Democracy clash ...

(The Canadian Press) — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:18:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Demonstrators from the People's Alliance for Democracy clash with Thai Police and local villagers near Sisaket, Thailand, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009. Thai nationalists clashed with police and villagers Saturday as they tried to march on a temple on the Cambodian border, while anti-government protesters in the capital marked the third anniversary of a coup that continues to create political turmoil. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Supporters of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) scuffle ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:24:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Supporters of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) scuffle with a villager (R) during a march along a highway leading to the 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple, along the Cambodian border September 19, 2009. Hundreds of protesters marched to the disputed Thai-Cambodia area of Preah Vihear to demand for the return of the 11th century temple area to Thailand. REUTERS/Stringer (THAILAND POLITICS CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY) THAILAND OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN THAILAND

A supporter of exiled former premier Thaksin Shinawatra takes ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:48:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A supporter of exiled former premier Thaksin Shinawatra takes part in a protest during rainfall at the Royal Plaza in Bangkok September 19, 2009. Thailand's government enacted a tough security law on Tuesday September 15, giving the military broad powers to control the planned rally on the third anniversary of the coup that led to Thaksin's ouster. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND POLITICS CONFLICT)

Supporters of exiled former premier Thaksin Shinawatra stand ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:46:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Supporters of exiled former premier Thaksin Shinawatra stand in the rain during a protest at the Royal Plaza in Bangkok September 19, 2009. Thailand's government enacted a tough security law on Tuesday September 15, giving the military broad powers to control the planned rally on the third anniversary of the coup that led to Thaksin's ouster. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND POLITICS CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Greenpeace activist IIham Anas, 34, mimics U.S. President Barack ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:09:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Greenpeace activist IIham Anas, 34, mimics U.S. President Barack Obama as he poses for photographers during a protest outside the U.S. embassy in Bangkok September 18, 2009. Anas called for strong action from world leaders to stop global warming. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND POLITICS ENVIRONMENT)