Pro-government protesters, waving the Thai national flag, hand flowers to soldiers while demonstrating outside the 11th Battalion army barracks where Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is said to be based in Bangkok April 16, 2010. Abhisit, who has been largely absent from the public eye, will appear on national television at 1 p.m. (0600 GMT), Suthep said. (Reuters)

Pro-government supporters wave Thai national flags during a demonstration in support of the Government near a Military base in Bangkok on April 16, 2010. The death toll from Thailand's worst political violence in almost two decades has risen to at least 23 people, 18 of whom died from gunshot wounds, emergency services said. (Getty Images)