Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat waves to supporters after a court dissolved the ruling party and banned him from politics. The court decision prompted jubilant anti-government protesters to lift a blockade of Bangkok's main airport.(AFP/Str)
Pro-government demonstrators leave the administrative court after a rally in Bangkok Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. The Constitutional Court dissolved Thailand's top three ruling parties for electoral fraud Tuesday and temporarily barred the prime minister from politics, bringing down a government that faced months of strident protests seeking its ouster.(AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)
Anti-government protesters react after the Thai court ordered Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat's party to be disbanded during a rally at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi international airport December 2, 2008. Thai judges ordered PM Wongsawat's ruling People Power Party (PPP) 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 (THAILAND)
People's Alliance for Democracy protesters celebrate at the besieged Suvarnabhumi international airport in Bangkok, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. Thailand's Constitutional Court has dissolved the three biggest parties in the ruling coalition and banned the prime minister along with top party executives from politics for five years.(AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
People's Alliance for Democracy protesters celebrate at the besieged Suvarnabhumi international airport in Bangkok, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. Thailand's Constitutional Court has dissolved the three biggest parties in the ruling coalition and banned the prime minister along with top party executives from politics for five years.(AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Pro-government demonstrator waves a flag - the symbol of the group - at the Administrative court in Bangkok on Tuesday Dec. 2, 2008. Hundreds of pro-government demonstrators swarmed around the court building forcing the relocation of judges who will rule on the fate of a Thai government beset by protests and a virtual shutdown of international air links.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Paramedics move an injured anti-government demonstrator into an ambulance after a bomb blast at Bangkok's Don Muang airport December 2, 2008. A bomb blast killed an anti-government protester and wounded 22 at Bangkok's blockaded Don Muang airport on Tuesday, hours before a vote fraud case that could deal a crippling blow to the government.REUTERS/Stringer (THAILAND)
Pro-government demonstrators ask Thai soldiers to go out of Administrative court in Bangkok Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. Hundreds of pro-government demonstrators swarmed around a court building forcing the relocation of judges who will rule on the fate of a Thai government beset by protests and a virtual shutdown of international air links.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Pro-government demonstrators ask Thai soldiers to go out of Administrative court in Bangkok Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. Hundreds of pro-government demonstrators swarmed around a court building, forcing the relocation of judges who will rule on the fate of a Thai government beset by protests and a virtual shutdown of international air links.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
A pro-government demonstrator shouts slogan in front of Administrative court in Bangkok Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. Hundreds of pro-government demonstrators swarmed around a court building forcing the relocation of judges who will rule on the fate of a Thai government beset by protests and a virtual shutdown of international air links.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Thai soldiers arrive at Administrative court for security in Bangkok Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. Hundreds of pro-government demonstrators swarmed around a court building forcing the relocation of judges who will rule on the fate of a Thai government beset by protests and a virtual shutdown of international air links.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Pro-government supporters force a Thai soldier out of the protest area during a rally outside the Administrative Court where the Constitutional Court is meeting in Bangkok December 2, 2008. Thailand's Constitutional Court will give its verdict later on Tuesday in a vote fraud case against Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat's People Power Party (PPP), a judge said. Verdicts would also be issued for two smaller coalition partners in the case, which could see them disbanded for electoral fraud in the December 2007 election. Somchai and other ministers from these parties would then have to step down.REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (THAILAND)
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