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Thailand gets new PM

(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-10-02 13:58

Thailand's new prime minister Surayud Chulanont (R) reads before Buddhist monk His Holiness Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara Somdet Phra Sangharaja at Wat Bowonniwet temple in Bangkok October 2, 2006. Surayud started work on Monday with pledges to focus on national reconciliation and "people's happiness" in the wake of last month's military coup against Thaksin Shinawatra. [Reuters]