A man collects sea salt from a field in Thailand's Samut Songkhram province, about 80 km (50 miles) south of Bangkok January 17, 2008. The salt, which is collected after sea water is evaporated, is used for human consumption. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND)

A monk climbs into the attic of a Buddhist temple to collect birds' nests in Thailand's Phetchaburi province, about 120 km (75 miles) south of Bangkok January 13, 2008. The temple, a place of worship for locals, is also home to thousands of swifts nesting in its attic. For the last five years, monks have collected and used the money from selling the birds' nests to support the temple and its grounds. Bird's nest, which is believed to have medicinal properties, is sold for up to $2,000 per kilogram. Picture taken January 13, 2008. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND)

Monks collect bags of birds' nests as they are lowered from the attic of a Buddhist temple in Thailand's Phetchaburi province, about 120 km (75 miles) south of Bangkok January 13, 2008. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND)

A radio-controlled robot checks a motorcycle after a bomb explosion at a market in Thailand's Yala province, nearly 1,084 km (674 miles) south of Bangkok January 15, 2008. A time bomb hidden on the motorcycle wounded 11 people seriously at a busy market in Thailand's rebellious Muslim south on Tuesday, police and hospital officials said.
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A villager injured in a bomb explosion at a market is sent to the hospital in Thailand's Yala province, nearly 1,084 km ( 674 miles) south of Bangkok January 15, 2008. A time bomb hidden on a motorcycle wounded 11 people seriously at a busy market in Thailand's rebellious Muslim south on Tuesday, police and hospital officials said.
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Thai soldiers inspect a military vehicle after an attack in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat January 14, 2008. Eight soldiers were killed and six wounded in ambushes by suspected separatist militants in Thailand's rebellious Muslim south on Monday, army and police spokesmen said. REUTERS/Stringer (THAILAND)

Tourists relax along Patong beach in the Thai resort island of Phuket June 17, 2005. The Thai island, with its golf and beaches, has seen land prices in many areas shoot up five-fold in three years. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang

Thais gather Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008, at the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand to pay their respects to Thailand's Princess Galyani Vadhana. The elder sister of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, died Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008. The palace has announced a 100-day mourning period. She was 84. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)

Canadian former schoolteacher Christopher Neil, center, is chained as he walks to a prison bus after hearing a child molesting trial at criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand Friday, Jan. 11, 2008. Neil was arrested in Thailand in October last year on charge of sexually molesting a 9-year old boy in 2003. If found guilty, Neil will be punished up to 20 years in prison. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

Canadian Christopher Paul Neil sits in the Bangkok Criminal Court on January 11, 2008. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND)

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Oui the frog sits on a miniature motorcycle in the eastern beach town of Pattaya January 10, 2008. Oui's owner says Oui loves playing with human toys and posing for photographs. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND)

In this photo released by the Bureau of the Royal Household, Thailands King Bhumibol Adulyadej, offer outer of Buddhist priest to monks near the coffin, seen at center, of the king's sister Princess Galyani Vadhana, at the Grand Palace in Bangkok on Wednesday Jan. 9, 2008. The praying is to mark the seventh day after Princess Galyani Vadhana, the elder sister of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, died last Wednesday, prompting an outpouring of public mourning and a temporary halt to the country's tumultuous political activity. She was 84. (AP Photo/Bureau of the Royal Household)