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RED SHIRTS : Anti-government demonstrators and supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra chant slogans during a rally outside the government house in Bangkok

A demonstrator holds a portrait of exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra during a rally outside the Government House in Bangkok October 17, 2009. REUTERS/Kerek Wongsa

Supporters of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra stand on the road outside the Government House during a rally in Bangkok October 17, 2009. Thailand's "red shirts" rallied this weekend to demand the government submit a petition seeking a royal pardon for Thaksin. REUTERS/Kerek Wongsa