Samak Sundaravej, leader of the People's Power Party, bows before the portrait of Thai King Bhumibol after receiving the royal command appointing him the country's prime minister at his residence in Bangkok January 29, 2008. Thailand's parliament elected pugnacious right-winger Samak prime minister on Monday as the country returns to representative, civilian government after a bloodless September 2006 coup. REUTERS/Sakchai Lalit/Pool (THAILAND)

Thailand's newly elected Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej talks to members of parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, on Tuesday Jan 29, 2008. Thailand's soon-to-be-installed new government, led by a party loyal to ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, will seek to implement many of the former leader's economic policies, according to a document circulated Tuesday.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

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