An anti-Thaksin protester waves a Thai flag during a rally in Bangkok. Thousands gathered in the shadow of Thailand's royal palace as opponents of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra held a victory rally after forcing him to step aside.(AFP/Bay Ismoyo)

Wannapovn Khempetch, 6, climbs up the barricade during a rally against Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra at Sanam Luang in Bangkok April 7, 2006. Shinawatra resigned this week to try to defuse a constitutional crisis sparked by an opposition election boycott, although there are few signs of the deadlock ending any day soon. The cloth on the girl's head reads: 'Save the country'. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang

Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, 78, pays his respect at the Rama I monument in honour of the start of the Chakri dynasty in Bangkok April 6, 2006. The start of the Chakri dynasty, which has ruled Thailand for more then 200 years, is celebrated as a national holiday. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

Outgoing Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, center, is surrounded and cheered by supporters as he arrives at the Thai Rak Thai party office, Wednesday, April 5, 2006 in Bangkok, Thailand. Thaksin told crowds of supporters outside the party headquarters that he would not stay on in a caretaker role but let Deputy Prime Minister Chitchai Wannasathit become acting prime minister. (AP Photo/Wasant Wanitchakorn)

Young Thai students chant prayer at a mass ordination ceremony at a Buddhist temple in the Muslim-dominated area of Narathiwat province, southern Thailand Tuesday, April 4, 2006. Thirty-four students took part in a ceremony to honor Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej who will celebrate his 60th years accession to the throne in June. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

Chidchai Vanasatidya (Thai deputy Prime Minister)

Chamlong Srimuang

Sondhi Limthongkul (Media tycoon)

Ethnic Hmong villagers walk past barbed wire at the Tham Krabok camp in Saraburi province, northeast of Bangkok, in 2004. Dozens of Hmong refugees barricaded themselves inside a detention centre in a "tense stand-off", forcing Thailand to postpone a plan to deport them, the United Nations' refugee agency said. Photo:Pornchai Kittiwongsakul/AFP

Hmong refugees smile during a ceremony at the Hmong refugee shelter at Wat Tham Krabok in Saraburi province, northeast Thailand, in 2005. Thousands of Lao Hmong are stuck in limbo in Thai camps as Bangkok and Vientiane discuss their fate in a case mixing the Vietnam War legacy with the quest of poor villagers for a better life abroad.(AFP/File/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)