Denkaosan Kaovichit of Thailand celebrates after defeating Takefumi Sakata of Japan in their WBA flyweight title bout in Hiroshima, Japan, on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008. Challenger Denkaosan knocked out defending champion Sakata in the second round. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, Masanori Takei)

Denkaosan Kaovichit of Thailand, right, and Takefumi Sakata of Japan exchange punches in the second round of their WBA flyweight title bout in Hiroshima, Japan, on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, Masanori Takei)

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva delivers his maiden policy speech at the Foreign Ministry in Bangkok December 30, 2008. (REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang)

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva delivers his maiden policy speech at the Foreign Ministry in Bangkok December 30,2008. (REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang)

Supporters of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra hold banners during a protest against the government outside Parliament in Bangkok December 29, 2008. Hundreds of protesters rallied against Thailand's new government in central Bangkok on Monday, hours before Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva was due to make his maiden policy speech to parliament. (REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang)

Supporters of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra shout slogans as they block the entrance of Parliament in Bangkok on December 29, 2008. A rally by thousands of protesters outside the Thai parliament building forced the government to delay Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's maiden policy address, officials said. Satit Wonghnongtaey, minister attached to the prime minister's office, said the ruling party agreed to postpone Abhisit's speech until tomorrow. (AFP/Getty Images)

Supporters of fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra protest at Sanam Luang in Bangkok. Thousands of supporters of the fugitive former Thai premier rallied against new leader Abhisit Vejjajiva Sunday, threatening to engulf the kingdom in a fresh wave of political unrest. (AFP/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)

Supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra wave a Thai flag during a protest against the government in Bangkok December 28, 2008. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Sunday that police would not use force against demonstrators who have closed a road at Parliament and begun to attack his coalition government which assumed power less than a week ago, local Thai newspapers reported. REUTERS/Kerek Wongsa (THAILAND)

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Thai woman Nong Na releases a scorpion from her mouth after a successful world record attempt at a shopping mall in Pattaya, eastern Thailand. Nong held the live scorpion in her mouth for over two minutes, setting a world record. (AFP/Christophe Archambault)

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Thais and others gather to offer prayers for the dead during remembrance services at Dolphin Park on Patong Beach in Phuket, Thailand Friday, Dec. 26, 2008, on the fourth anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)

Thais and others offer prayers during remembrance services at Dolphin Park on Patong Beach in Phuket, Thailand, Friday, Dec. 26, 2008, on the fourth anniversary of the Asian Tsunami. From India to Indonesia, communal prayers, shared meals and candlelight vigils were held Friday to honor victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)

An elephant dressed as Santa Claus performs for students during Christmas celebrations at Jirasart school in Ayutthaya province, 70 km (44 miles) north of Bangkok. (REUTERS/Stringer)

Children and an elephant dressed in Santa Claus costumes pose for photographers during Christmas celebrations at Jirasart school. (REUTERS/Stringer)

The Grand opening Ceremony of the Dragon Descendants Museum in Suphan Buri Province took place on 24th December 2008. Located 200 km northwest of Bangkok, the giant Dragon shaped museum is the newest attraction in the province. It focuses on Chinese history and the migration of Chinese clans to neighbouring countries such as Thailand, where they established successful business empires.The Dragon statue building, which has water splashing from its mouth, measures 135 meters long, 35 meters high and 18 meters wide. Inside the building, there are 20 rooms that display historical collections and information on Chinese dynasties, literature and traditions dating back 5,000 years. The museum took nearly two years to build. (ThaiPhotoBlogs.com/Richard Barrow)

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Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (R) shakes hands with Thailand's soccer coach Peter Reid during their Asean Football Federation Suzuki Cup 2008 final soccer match against Vietnam at the Rajamangala national stadium in Bangkok December 24, 2008. Final Score: Thailand 1-2 Vietnam (REUTERS/Stringer)

Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva shakes hands with Thailand's soccer player Nataporn Phanrit before the Asean Football Federation Suzuki Cup 2008 final soccer match between Thailand and Vietnam at the Rajamangala national stadium in Bangkok December 24, 2008. (REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom)

Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya apologised to Thai people over his controversial interview over airport closures, saying he has no intention to harm the country and Thai people. Kasit is quoted by The Telegraph that he enjoyed the airport closures by protesters led by People's Alliance for Democracy because the food was good and the music was excellent.(REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom)

Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva chairs his first meeting with his cabinet at the government house in Bangkok December 23, 2008. Abhisit held his first cabinet meeting on Tuesday, raising hopes he will start to outline policies to revive an economy teetering on the brink of recession. (REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom)

Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban attend a cabinet meeting inside the Government House in Bangkok December 23, 2008. The monitor reads "59th Government" and "First cabinet meeting". (REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom)

In this photo released by the Royal Palace, Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, standing front row, and his cabinet members listen to King Bhumibol Adulyadej, left, during a swearing-in ceremony at Chitralada Palace in Bangkok, Thailand Monday, Dec. 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Royal Palace, HO)

Members of Thailand's new cabinet take a group photo at the Government House in Bangkok December 22, 2008. (REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom)

Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva speaks with Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban after take a group photo of a new cabinet at the Government House in Bangkok December 22, 2008. (REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom)

Minister of Finance Korn Chatikavanij arrives at the Government House in Bangkok December 22, 2008. (REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom)

This handout photo shows Lam Chih Bing of Singapore holding the winner's trophy after the Volvo Masters of Asia at the Thai Country Club in Bangkok on December 21, 2008. Lam Chih Bing of Singapore won with a score of fourteen-under-par, 274.

Thailand's Teerathep Winothai (L) fights for the ball with Indonesia's Muhammad Roby during their Asean Football Federation Suzuki Cup 2008 semi-final soccer match at the Rajamangala national stadium in Bangkok December 20, 2008. (Reuters)

It has been reported that the Puea Thai party is considering Chalerm Yubamrung for the job of opposition leader. Chalerm Yubamrung was the Health Minister in the previous government. He is seen here at a rally of his supporters in Samut Prakan, December 20, 2008. (ThaiPhotoBlogs.com/Richard Barrow)

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Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, center, along with caretaker Prime Minister Chawarat Chandeerakul, second left, participates in a staged cleanup of Government House Friday, Dec. 19, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)

A Thai Buddhist monk sprinkles holy water during a blessing ceremony prior to a cleanup of Government House Friday, Dec. 19, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)

Australian Andrew Hoods, 36, arrives at Bangkok's Criminal Court December 19, 2008. Hoods was arrested at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi international airport on Wednesday with 3 kilograms (about 7 pounds) of heroin strapped to his body. (REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang)

A diver dressed in Santa Claus costume swims inside an aquarium as part of a promotion for Christmas festival in Bangkok on December 18, 2008.

Abhisit Vejjajiva, leader of the Democrat Party, kneels down before a portrait of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej as he receives Bhumibol's command appointing him as the new Thai prime minister during a ceremony at the party's headquarters in Bangkok December 17, 2008. REUTERS/Apichart Weerawong/Pool

Abhisit Vejjajiva, leader of the Democrat Party, addresses the media after receiving Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej's command appointing him as the new Thai prime minister during a ceremony at the party's headquarters in Bangkok December 17, 2008. Abhisit said on Wednesday that reviving an economy hit by political unrest and a global slowdown would be his first priority, after he was royally endorsed as Thailand's 27th prime minister. REUTERS/Apichart Weerawong/Pool (THAILAND)

Pimpen Vejjajiva, right, adjusts the dress for her husband and leader of Democrat Party Abhisit Vejjajiva while waiting for King Bhumibol Adulyadej's command at party's headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong, Pool)

Abhisit Vejjajiva, leader of the Democrat Party, and his wife Pimpen listen as Secretary-General of the Parliament Vithoon Poomhiran (not pictured) reads Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej's command appointing Abhisit as the new Thai prime minister during a ceremony at the party's headquarters in Bangkok December 17, 2008. (REUTERS/Apichart Weerawong/Pool)

This picture released by WWF Greater Mekong Programme shows a Gumprechts green pitviper found in Thailand. Scientists have discovered more than 1,000 species in Southeast Asia's Greater Mekong region in the past decade, including a spider as big as a dinner plate, the World Wildlife Fund said Monday. (AFP/WWF)

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Supporters of Thailand's ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra throw bricks at cars of some members of parliament after opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva won in a vote to become prime minister at the Parliament in Bangkok December 15, 2008. At least 200 demonstrators blocked access to Thailand's parliament and threw bricks at cars of some MPs after opposition leader Vejjajiva won a thin majority in a vote to become prime minister. The protesters barricaded all gates out of the compound and checked cars trying to leave. Some cars had windows broken with clubs or bricks. (REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang)

A pro-Thaksin Shinawatra supporter looks on as others burn banners outside Parliament Monday, Dec. 15, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand prior to the formation of a new government. Parliament chose Democrat Abhisit Vejjajiva as the nation's new prime minister following months of political chaos. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)

Abhisit Vejjajiva (C) greets members of Parliament after being voted in as the prime minister of Thailand in Bangkok December 15 2008. Thailand's opposition Democrat Party leader, Abhisit Vejjajiva, won a thin majority in a parliamentary vote on Monday to become prime minister as the economy teeters on the brink of recession. (REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang)

Fairtex Bangplee Muaythai training camp in Thailand provides the ultimate live-in training experience for Thai boxing enthusiasts all over the world. Fighters come to enhance their Muay Thai skills or improve their fitness level at the famous Fairtex Muaythai training centre in Bangplee near Bangkok. The Bangplee camp provides one-on-one personal training programs for beginners to seasoned professionals. (ThaiPhotoBlogs.com/Richard Barrow)

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Information and Technology Mnister Mun Patanotai, right in this file photo, will lead Thai delegation to the special session of Asean ministerial meeting in Jakarta Monday. The special session will be held to celebrate the Asean charter which will come into force on Monday. (ThaiPhotoBlogs.com/Richard Barrow)

Wearing red shirts, Thai protesters take up their seats during a rally at a sport stadium in Bangkok, Thailand Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008. Politics returned to the streets of Thailand on Saturday as pro-democracy activists and supporters of ousted leader Thaksin Shinawatra gathered for a rally ahead of Parliament's selection of a new prime minister. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

A Thai chef decorates a Christmas tree with sugar candy sticks at a hotel in Bangkok on Friday, Dec. 12, 2008. The festive tree, which is 6 meters tall and weights 779.14 kilograms, is made of about 38,900 pieces of sugar sticks, according to the chef. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Paedophile suspects (L to R) Fritz Deiter Blattner of Germany, Robert Alexander Horsman and Malcolm Henry Payne of Britain and Robert Roy Lond of the US cover their faces during a press conference as sex paraphernalia is displayed on the desk, in Bangkok on December 11, 2008. Thai police arrested two Britons, an US citizen and a German in a southern beach resort on suspicion of sexually abusing young boys, police said. The foreigners, aged between 45 and 66 and all long-term expatriates in Thailand, were seized in Pattaya as part of a joint manhunt with a British charity. The person in the center is unidentified. (AFP/Getty Images)

Pedophile suspects, from right, American Robert Roy Lond, British Malcolm Henry Payne, British Robert Alexander Horsman and German Fritz Dieter Battner sit during a police news conference in Bangkok, Thailand Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008. (AP Photo)

Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn pays respect to the statue of King Rama VII to commemorate the Constitution Day, December 10, 2008. (Manager.co.th)

Newin Chidchob, right, receives a bouquet of flower in a show of gratitude from leader of the Democrat Party Abhisit Vejjajiva, rear, during a meeting to support Abhisit as next Prime Minister at a hotel in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

Leader of the Democrat Party Abhisit Vejjajiva, center, and party's secretary general Suthep Thuagsuban, left, listen to Newin Chidchob, right, who led a group of members of parliament to support Abhisit as new prime minister during their meeting at a hotel in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

A worker cleans a portrait of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, hanging on a wall amidst portraits of former prime ministers, inside the Government House compound in Bangkok December 8, 2008. Some officials returned to work at the Government House complex for the first day Monday, after it was occupied by protesters for over three months, local Thai newspapers reported. (REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom)

Navy divers prepare to do security checks inside a canal in the Government House compound in Bangkok December 8, 2008. (REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom)

A worker sweeps inside the Government House compound in Bangkok on December 8, 2008. (REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom)

A passenger sits aboard an almost empty Thai Airways Airbus A-330 preparing to fly to Hanoi at the Suvarnabumhi airport in Bangkok. (AFP/Hoang Dinh Nam)

Yongyuth Wichaidit, the newly-elected leader of the Puea Thai (For Thais) party, under which members of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) have regrouped following its dissolution by a court earlier in the week. Thailand's former ruling party is fighting a bitter battle with the opposition to form a government, adding to the political uncertainty that has thrown the kingdom into crisis.
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Democrat Party secretary-general Suthep Thaugsuban (L) and Puea Pandin executive Rarnongrak Nuanchawee greet each other as members of five political parties and one faction gather to hold a meeting in Bangkok before announcing they formed a new coalition in hopes to create Thailand's next government on December 6, 2008. Thailand's opposition Democrat Party said on Saturday that several parties in he ruling coalition would switch sides and for a government with it, but it was far from clear that horse-trading had finished. REUTERS/Adrees Latif (THAILAND)

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Well-wishers hold candles in celebration of revered Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej's birthday at the city hall in Samut Prakan December 5, 2008. Thailand marked the king's birthday on Friday in a solemn mood, concerned for the health of the ageing monarch and worried as well over the country's debilitating political deadlock. King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who turned 81 on December 5, failed to deliver his annual birthday eve address at a time when many Thais had been looking to him to issue a call for unity after protests by People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) activists shut down Bangkok's main airport for a week. (ThaiPhotoBlogs.com/Richard Barrow)

Miss Thailand 2008 and fellow contestents bid farewell to foreign tourists at Suvarnabhumi International Airport on Friday 5th December 2008. The airport was closed for eight days after being taken over by the 'People's Alliance for Democracy' an anti-government group. An estimated 300,000 tourists were left stranded in Thailand. (ThaiPhotoBlogs.com/Richard Barrow)

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Suvarnabhumi airport has resumed full operation at 11am Friday after the protesters led by the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) occupied the airport and disrupted its operation for about a week in a bid to topple the government. Acting Transport Minister Santi Promphat, pictured center, together with officials from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) inspected Suvarnabhumi’s readiness. (ThaiPhotoBlogs.com/Richard Barrow)

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Thai Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn and Crown Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn speak to senior government officials at a reception hall in Bangkok's Chitralada Palace, December 4, 2008. Thailand's revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej has a throat infection and is on a drip, his daughter said on Thursday after he failed to make his traditional birthday eve address amid a crippling political crisis. (REUTERS/Palace Photo/Handout)

Thai tourists ride elephants and have their photograph taken at the middle of a sunflower field in Lopburi province, 115km (71 miles) north of Bangkok December 04, 2008. (ThaiFestivalBlogs.com/Richard Barrow)

Passengers wave towards cameras as they exit an Thai Airways flight from Phuket, the first to land at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport December 3, 2008, after a week long anti-government protest paralyzed air travel. Anti-government protesters lifted their crippling, eight-day blockade of Thailand's main airport on Wednesday, raising the hopes of 230,000 stranded tourists even though there is no end in sight to the wider political crisis. (REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom)

Tourists from Greece pose as they exit an Thai Airways flight from Phuket, the first to land at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport December 3, 2008. (REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom)

Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej reviews the honor guard in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. Sitting in front of the king is Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)

Thai soldiers with the King's Guard march in review during trooping of the colors ceremonies Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand. The occasion marks the event where the guard renews their allegiance to Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)

Airport security arrive at the besieged Suvarnabhumi international airport in Bangkok in the preparation for reopening the airport, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. A court dissolved Thailand's top three ruling parties for electoral fraud Tuesday and banned the prime minister from politics for five years, bringing down a government that has faced months of strident protests seeking its ouster. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Military police arrive at the besieged Suvarnabhumi international airport in Bangkok, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

No-1 Deputy Prime Minister Chavarat Charnvirakul will become caretaker prime minister pending a meeting of the caretaker Cabinet, former PM's Office Ministers Sukhumpong Ngonkham said Tuesday. (The Nation)

Anti-government protesters cry during a rally at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi international airport after Thai judges ordered Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat's ruling People Power Party (PPP) disbanded after it was found guilty of vote fraud December 2, 2008. (REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom)

Anti-government protesters celebrate during a rally at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi international airport December 2, 2008 after Thai court orders Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat's ruling People Power Party (PPP) to be disbanded. Thai judges ordered Somchai's party disbanded on Tuesday after it was found guilty of vote fraud, but party members vowed to "move on" and form another government. (REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom)

An anti-government demonstrator kicks a suspected pro-government supporter after detaining him in Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport on December 1, 2008. In Samut Prakan Province, a 70 year old PAD supporter shod dead another man for criticising the airport seige. In Chiang Mai, pro-government supporters beat a man for watching the anti-government televison broadcasts.(REUTERS/Stringer)

Anti-government demonstrators detain a suspected pro-government supporter in Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport on December 1, 2008. (REUTERS/Stringer)

The newly crowned beauty queen who took a crown as the winner for the title of Miss Thailand 2008 was Ms.Panprapa Yongtrakul (center), the 3rd year college student of Chulalongkorn University’s medical science at the recently Miss Thailand 2008 contest at the Royal Paragon Hall, Siam Paragon.