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Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Scenes from Thailand's political turmoil
Government supporters protest outside the Administrative Court where the Constitutional Court met in Bangkok on December 2, 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand. Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat was banned from politics for five years and his party disbanded on Tuesday, plunging the country deeper into chaos and raising fears of a violent backlash by government supporters.