Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, left, is received by Sheik Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, UAE minister for Higher Education and Scientific Research, in his palace in Abu Dhani, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday Nov. 18, 2008. Thaksin's whereabouts and his plans to settle down outside Thailand have lately been sources of intense speculation. Thaksin faces two years in jail after a Thai court found him guilty of conflict of interest in a land deal. Thailand's Consul-General in the Emirates Pasan Therapak said Thaksin had only come to visit the Emirates and did not have plans to stay more than a few days, a government-owned newspaper said in a photo caption on Wednesday. (AP Photo)

Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, centre, arrives at the palace of Sheik Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, UAE minister for Higher Education and Scientific Research, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday Nov. 18, 2008. (AP Photo)