Monks and mourners at a funeral in Nakhon Si Thammarat were shocked to see a Thai woman arrive at her own funeral. Khun Duangkae had gone missing two weeks beforehand. Her mother then mistakenly identified the body of a murdered woman as being her own daughter. When Khun Duangkae turned up at the funeral, everyone thought that she was a ghost. However, she quickly explained that she had gone to stay with a friend as she was having personal problems. (Thai Rath)

In this photo released by the Thai Spokesman Office, Thailand's Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, left, and U.S. Ambassador to Thailand Eric G. John, center, join hands in a tree planting ceremony on the 175th anniversary of the Thai-U.S. diplomatic relations at a park in Bangkok, Thailand Thursday, March 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Thai Spokesman Office)

Thai Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama meets with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on March 20 in Washington, DC. Thailand pledged Thursday to help transform Myanmar into a democracy through diplomacy, but said that change has to come from within
(AFP/Tim Sloan)

Models display L’Oreal Professionnel fashion during the Bangkok Fashion Week 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, March 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Margaret Crane, center, a Canadian woman smiles as she talks with an unidentified woman upon her arrival at criminal court in Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand Thursday, March 20, 2008. Crane, 48, was sentenced to serve three years and six months in the prison for a murder charge when she shot dead her boyfriend George Patrick Dubie also from Canada in this northern city in July 2006. (AP Photo/Wichai Taprieu)

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Akaradech Tangae arrives at a police station in Phuket March 19, 2007. Akaradech, a Thai man suspected of killing a Swedish tourist on the southern resort island of Phuket, has surrendered to police after a three-day manhunt, police said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Stringer (THAILAND).

Policemen escort murder suspect Akaradech Tangae to the crime scene on Mai Khao beach in Phuket, south of Bangkok, March 19, 2008. Akaradech, a Thai man suspected of killing a Swedish tourist on the southern resort island of Phuket, has surrendered to police after a three-day manhunt, police said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Stringer

Relatives pour rose scented water over the hands of a young wedding couple in a blessing ceremony. Pictured are three year old Thai twins Pagorn and Atcharaa who recently got married despite their young age. Thai people believe that young twins should get married in a symbolic ceremony in order to ward off bad luck and to keep them out of danger. (Thai Rath)

Children from a village in Phrae Province excitedly collected hail stones after a devastating hailstorm that damaged 200 houses and crops in the local farmland. (Thai Rath)

Thai forensic experts examine a car bomb blast site outside a hotel in Thailand's restive southern Pattani province. A powerful car bomb exploded at a hotel car park March 15, 2008, killing two people and injuring 13 others in Thailand's restive Muslim-majority south, an army spokesman and hospital official said. (AFP/Muhammad Sabri)