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Anti-government ‘red shirt’ supporters assist Nelson Rand, a Canadian-born journalist working for France’s TF1 network, to safety after he was shot while covering clashes with army soldiers near Bangkok’s Lumpini Park on May 14, 2010. Thai troops battled anti-government protesters in central Bangkok on Friday attempting to seal off their encampment after an assassination attempt on a renegade general…

Reuters television cameraman Hiro Muramoto films anti-government protesters facing Thai security force during clashes in central Bangkok April 10, 2010. Muramoto was shot dead on April 10, 2010 during a violent clash between Thai troops and anti-government protesters in Bangkok’s worst political violence in 18 years.

Thailand’s champion Oleydong Sithsanerchai (R) and Japanese challenger Yasutaka Kuroki fight during their WBC Strawweight title match at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on March 27, 2010. Champion Oleydong Sithsanerchai won the match. (Getty Images) Thailand’s Oleydong Sithsamerchai (R) reacts after defeating Japan’s Yasutaka Kuroki (L) during their WBC…

A supporter of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra hugs a Thai soldier as they move to a military barrack in Bangkok March 27, 2010. Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters marched around Bangkok’s old city on Saturday in a “historic rally” to press Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to step down and call a new election. (Reuters) Thai soldiers…

Thailand’s Lee Chatametikool holds the Best Editor award at the 4th annual Asian Film Awards presentation ceremony at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on March 22, 2010. Started in 2007, the Asian Film Awards (AFA) honours fimmakers with outstanding achievements in the field of Asian cinema. (Getty Images) More Thailand pictures can be found at www.ThaiPhotoBlogs.com

Escorted and guarded by Thai commandoes, Maj. Gen Khattiya Sawasdipol (center), alias Seh Daeng, a supporter of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, is brought to criminal court Monday, March 8, 2010, in Bangkok. Khattiya and seven associates were arrested on Saturday on charges of illegal possession of firearms. The Criminal Court on …

On Sunday 17th January 2010, Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Kamthorn Pumhiran presided over the wreath-laying ceremony at the Royal Thai Naval Academy in Samut Prakan. The event commemorates the bravery of the naval heroes who sacrificed their lives in defence of the country’s independence and sovereignty during that battle that took…

Denmark’s Anders Moller Christensen (R) fights for the ball with Poland’s Dawid Nowak during their Thailand King’s Cup football tournament at His Majesty The 80th Birthday Anniversary stadium in Nakhon Ratchasima province northeast of Bangkok, January 17, 2010. (Reuters) Poland’s goalkeeper Mariusz Pawelek saves a …

British national James Henry Kinch waits in a holding cell after arriving at Bangkok’s Criminal Court November 27, 2009. Australia has asked for the extradition of Kinch, who was arrested in Thailand in May 2008. He is wanted in Australia for allegedly conspiring to import 600 kilograms of pseudoephedrine into Australia. (Reuters) British national James Henry Kinch is…

WBA World Super Bantamweight Champion Bernard Dunne from Ireland, left, and Thailand’s Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym face each other during a press conference in Dublin, Ireland, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009. The two fighters spoke to the media ahead of Saturday’s WBA Bantamweight World title fight in Dublin. (AP) More Thailand pictures can be found at www.

Princess Bajrakitiyabha of Thailand delivers a speech on September 14, 2009, on the opening day of the 12th United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council session at UN offices in Geneva. The session will last until October 2, 2009 with the situation in the Palestinian territories on the agenda. (Getty Images) More Thailand pictures can be found at www.ThaiPhotoBlogs.

Thailand’s Krisana Kraisintu, left, and India’s Deep Joshi, two of the six 2009 Ramon Magsaysay awardees, Asia’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize, pose for the media during a press presentation Thursday Aug. 27, 2009 in Manila, Philippines. The awards come with a medallion and …

American John Yettaw (C) arrives in Thailand’s military airbase in Bangkok August 16, 2009. A U.S. senator met Myanmar’s top general and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, while arranging the release of prisoner Yettaw on a weekend mission that offered a rare opening for better ties with the isolated nation. Yettaw’s swim to Suu Kyi’s home in…

This undated photo provided Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009 by the Miss Universe Organization shows Chutima Durongdej, Miss Thailand 2009 on Paradise Island, Bahamas. She will compete for the title of Miss Universe 2009 during the 55th annual Miss Universe competition on Aug. 23, 2009. More Thailand

Thai police escort British fugitive Michael Bryan Smith to the criminal court in Bangkok on May 21, 2009. Smith is wanted by Interpol for embezzling $150 million from his employer in the United Arab Emirates. (REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang) Michael Bryan Smith (C)…

An Australian woman (Annice Smoel) said she had been wrongfully locked up in a Thai prison for allegedly stealing a bar mat. For more information please visit ThailandQA.com> > > More Thailand pictures can be found at www.ThaiPhotoBlogs.com .

Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand holds up the winner’s trophy following his victory in the Ballatine’s Championship golf tournament at the Pinx Golf Club on Jeju Island on April 26, 2009. Thongchai struck his second shot, in a play-off with South Korea’s Kang Sung-Hoon and Spain’s Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, on the par-four 18…