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The world on April 2nd, 2006 in pictures
(Reuters\AP)
Updated: 2006-04-03 16:54

                                Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra answers reporters' questions at the Thai Rak Thai party headquarter in Bangkok April 3, 2006. Voters in Bangkok and southern Thailand appeared on Monday to have given Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra a slap in the face with a strong protest "No vote" in an election unlikely to end a protracted political crisis. [Reuters]

Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra answers reporters' questions at the Thai Rak Thai party headquarter in Bangkok April 3, 2006. Voters in Bangkok and southern Thailand appeared on Monday to have given Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra a slap in the face with a strong protest "No vote" in an election unlikely to end a protracted political crisis. [Reuters]

                                 

An election official tallies ballot results from the Prathumwan and Ratchathewi districts of Bangkok after the end of general elections April 2, 2006. Thais voted on Sunday in a general election that Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra called three years early to counter a protracted street campaign by anti-corruption protesters to kick him out. [Reuters]


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