Members of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) giving flower to policeman at Ratchadamnoen Rd, Bangkok 31/5/2008
Members of Thailand's People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) face riot policemen during an anti-government protest, in Bangkok on May 31, 2008. Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej threatened to forcibly break up a weeklong anti-government protest, but eased off after a tense standoff between activists and riot police. About 1,200 riot police assembled in Bangkok's historic district, facing down a crowd of 6,500 protesters on a main avenue near a United Nations building
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