Saturday, 24 October 2009

News in Pictures




Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen waves as he arrives for the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, in the seaside town of Hua Hin, some 190 km (118 miles) south of Bangkok, October 23, 2009. The ASEAN smmit is bringing together the group's leaders to attend the meeting including a summit between ASEAN and the three East Asian powers of China, Japan and South Korea as well as a summit of ASEAN leaders with their counterparts from Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (CAAI News Media)


Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen arrives for the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, in the seaside town of Hua Hin, some 190 km (118 miles) south of Bangkok, October 23, 2009. The ASEAN smmit is bringing together the group's leaders to attend the meeting including a summit between ASEAN and the three East Asian powers of China, Japan and South Korea as well as a summit of ASEAN leaders with their counterparts from Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (CAAI News Media)


Supporters of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra join their hands together in a gesture mocking ASEAN leaders in a rally by a hundred Thaksin supporters, 40 km (25 miles) north of the venue where the ASEAN summit is being hosted in the seaside town of Hua Hin, some 190 km (118 miles) south of Bangkok, October 23, 2009. South East Asian leaders are meeting in Thailand to work toward creating a political and economic union for the region by 2015. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (CAAI News Media)


Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (L) hands to Thai representative Dr. Sriprapha Petcharamesree (R) a copy of the "Cha-Am Hua Hin Declaration on the Inauguration of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights" as ASEAN leaders, including Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (L), Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (C), and Myanmar's Prime Minister Thein Sein (R) applaud during the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, in the seaside town of Hua Hin, some 190 km (118 miles) south of Bangkok, October 23, 2009. South East Asian leaders are meeting in Thailand to work toward creating a political and economic union for the region by 2015. REUTERS/Erik de Castro (CAAI News Media)


Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (6th L) leads other ASEAN leaders including Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (5th L), Philippine Foreign Minister Alberto Romulo (4th L), Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein (4th R) and ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan (R) in joining hands together with the representatives of the newly inaugurated ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights at the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, in the seaside town of Hua Hin, some 190 km (118 m iles) south of Bangkok, October 23, 2009. South East Asian leaders are meeting in Thailand to work toward creating a political and economic union for the region by 2015. REUTERS/Erik de Castro (CAAI News Media)


Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (C) leads other ASEAN leaders including Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (2nd L), Philippines' Foreign Minister Alberto Romulo (L), Myanmar's Prime Minister Thein Sein (R) and Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in joining hands together with the representatives of the newly inaugurated ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights at the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, in the seaside town of Hua Hin, some 190 km (118 miles) south of Bangkok, October 23, 2009. South East Asian leaders are meeting in Thailand to work toward creating a political and economic union for the region by 2015. REUTERS/Erik de Castro (CAAI News Media)

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