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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:     YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, the Prime Minister elect of Thailand, announces her victory in the Thai elections during a press conference Sunday night. If her election holds she will be the first woman elected Prime Minister of Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, the Prime Minister elect of Thailand, performs a "wai" or traditional Thai greeting before announcing her victory in the Thai elections Sunday night. If her election holds she will be the first woman elected Prime Minister of Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:     YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, the Prime Minister elect of Thailand, performs a "wai" or traditional Thai greeting before announcing her victory in the Thai elections Sunday night. If her election holds she will be the first woman elected Prime Minister of Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:   A voter in Samut Prakan, Thailand, drops their ballot into the ballot box Sunday, July 3. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:   A man checks into his polling place in Samut Prakan, Thailand, Sunday, July 3. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  People stand in line to vote in Samut Prakan, Thailand, Sunday, July 3. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A woman in Bangkok holds up some of Yingluck Shinawatra's campaign literature after the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai elections Sunday night. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A woman in Bangkok reacts to news that the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai elections Sunday night. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    People in Bangkok celebrate news that the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai election Sunday.  Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A tuk-tuk (three wheeled taxi) and motor scooter drive past a Yingluck Shinawatra poster on election day in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday July 3. She is running for Prime Minister of Thailand, the graffiti on the wall refers to Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya, a Yellow Shirt leader who endorsed a violent crackdown against the Red Shirts in 2010. The Red Shirts are the street movement of Pheu Thai, the party of Yingluck Shinawatra. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A man drops his ballot into the ballot box in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday July 3. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:    A man drops his ballot into the ballot box in Samut Prakan, Thailand, Sunday, July 3. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  People check on their proper polling place in Samut Prakan, Thailand, Sunday, July 3. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:   A sample ballot on display at a polling place in Samut Prakan, Thailand, Sunday, July 3. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  A man checks where he is supposed to vote from the voter rolls at a polling place in Samut Prakan, Thailand, Sunday, July 3. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, the Prime Minister elect of Thailand, performs a "wai" or traditional Thai greeting before announcing her victory in the Thai elections Sunday night. If her election holds she will be the first woman elected Prime Minister of Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    A woman in Bangkok reacts to news that the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai elections Sunday night. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  Filled in ballots in a ballot box in Samut Prakan, Thailand, Sunday, July 3. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  Voters wait in line to vote in Samut Prakan, Thailand, Sunday, July 3. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:   A voter in Samut Prakan, Thailand, drops their ballot into the ballot box Sunday, July 3. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A woman in Bangkok reacts to news that the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai elections Sunday night. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PheuThaiVictoryCelebration037.jpg
  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman in Bangkok reacts to news that the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai elections Sunday night. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PheuThaiVictoryCelebration036.jpg
  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, (seated) the Prime Minister elect of Thailand, is flanked by her advisors while she announces her victory in the Thai elections during a press conference Sunday night. If her election holds she will be the first woman elected Prime Minister of Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, the Prime Minister elect of Thailand, announces her victory in the Thai elections during a press conference Sunday night. If her election holds she will be the first woman elected Prime Minister of Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PheuThaiVictoryCelebration029.jpg
  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A woman in Bangkok holds up some of Yingluck Shinawatra's campaign literature after the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai elections Sunday night. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PheuThaiVictoryCelebration018.jpg
  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, the Prime Minister elect of Thailand, greets supporters in downtown Bangkok after winning the Thai elections Sunday night. If her election holds she will be the first woman elected Prime Minister of Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PheuThaiVictoryCelebration042.jpg
  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A woman in Bangkok reacts to news that the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai elections Sunday night. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  People wait in line to vote in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday July 3. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  Voters wait in line to vote in Samut Prakan, Thailand, Sunday, July 3. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:   A voter heads for her polling place after verifying that she was registered in Samut Prakan, Thailand, Sunday, July 3. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:    A Royal Thai police officer guards a polling place in Samut Prakan, Thailand, Sunday, July 3. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:   A voter in Samut Prakan, Thailand, drops their ballot into the ballot box Sunday, July 3. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  People check on their proper polling place in Samut Prakan, Thailand, Sunday, July 3. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:   A woman does paperwork before opening the polling place in Samut Prakan, Thailand. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:   Empty ballot boxes before the election in Samut Prakan, Thailand. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A woman in Bangkok reacts to news that the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai elections Sunday night. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, (seated) the Prime Minister elect of Thailand, is flanked by her advisors while she announces her victory in the Thai elections during a press conference Sunday night. If her election holds she will be the first woman elected Prime Minister of Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, the Prime Minister elect of Thailand, announces her victory in the Thai elections during a press conference Sunday night. If her election holds she will be the first woman elected Prime Minister of Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, the Prime Minister elect of Thailand, performs a "wai" or traditional Thai greeting before announcing her victory in the Thai elections Sunday night. If her election holds she will be the first woman elected Prime Minister of Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, the Prime Minister elect of Thailand, is photographed before announcing her victory in the Thai elections Sunday night. If her election holds she will be the first woman elected Prime Minister of Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:     YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, the Prime Minister elect of Thailand, performs a "wai" or traditional Thai greeting before announcing her victory in the Thai elections Sunday night. If her election holds she will be the first woman elected Prime Minister of Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A woman in Bangkok holds up some of Yingluck Shinawatra's campaign literature after the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai elections Sunday night. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    People in Bangkok celebrate news that the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai election Sunday.  Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    A woman in Bangkok holds up a sign welcoming Yingluck Shinawatra to the Prime Minister's office after it was announced that Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai elections Sunday night. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    People in Bangkok celebrate news that the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai election Sunday.  Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, the Prime Minister elect of Thailand, greets supporters in downtown Bangkok after winning the Thai elections Sunday night. If her election holds she will be the first woman elected Prime Minister of Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A woman in Bangkok reacts to news that the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai elections Sunday night. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:     People in Bangkok celebrate news that the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai election Sunday.  Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    People in Bangkok celebrate news that the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai election Sunday.  Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A man marks his election ballot in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday July 3. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Election monitors from the political parties watch for voting irregularities in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday July 3. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Voters check the voter lists to see where they vote in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday July 3. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Voters in check the voter lists to see where they vote in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday July 3. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  Filled in ballots in a ballot box in Samut Prakan, Thailand, Sunday, July 3. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  A woman drops her ballot into the ballot box in Samut Prakan, Thailand, Sunday, July 3. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:    Voters wait to pick up their ballots in Samut Prakan, Thailand, Sunday, July 3. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  Voters wait in line to vote in Samut Prakan, Thailand, Sunday, July 3. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:   A Thai police officer checks voters in Samut Prakan, Thailand, Sunday, July 3. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  A man and his wife who were not allowed to vote talk to Thai reporters in Samut Prakan, Thailand, Sunday, July 3. The woman said they were registered to vote but their names were not on the local voter list. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:   The first voter in Samut Prakan, Thailand, marks his ballot Sunday, July 3. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  The first voter drops his ballot into the ballot box in Samut Prakan, Thailand, Sunday, July 3. He later told a reporter from Thai television that he voted for Pheu Thai. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:   People check on their proper polling place in Samut Prakan, Thailand, Sunday, July 3. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  Royal Thai Police set up crowd control barriers at a polling place in Samut Prakan, Thailand, Sunday, July 3. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  Election workers get breakfast from a mobile food stand before the Thai elections in Samut Prakan, Thailand, Sunday, July 3. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A woman in Bangkok reacts to news that the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai elections Sunday night. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, (seated center) the Prime Minister elect of Thailand, is flanked by her advisors while she announces her victory in the Thai elections during a press conference Sunday night. If her election holds she will be the first woman elected Prime Minister of Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, (seated) the Prime Minister elect of Thailand, is flanked by her advisors while she announces her victory in the Thai elections during a press conference Sunday night. If her election holds she will be the first woman elected Prime Minister of Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, the Prime Minister elect of Thailand, announces her victory in the Thai elections during a press conference Sunday night. If her election holds she will be the first woman elected Prime Minister of Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, the Prime Minister elect of Thailand, performs a "wai" or traditional Thai greeting before announcing her victory in the Thai elections Sunday night. If her election holds she will be the first woman elected Prime Minister of Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A woman in Bangkok reacts to news that the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai elections Sunday night. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, the Prime Minister elect of Thailand, greets supporters in downtown Bangkok after winning the Thai elections Sunday night. If her election holds she will be the first woman elected Prime Minister of Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A woman in Bangkok reacts to news that the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai elections Sunday night. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    People in Bangkok celebrate news that the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai election Sunday.  Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A Pheu Thai election monitor watches for voting irregularities in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday July 3. Pheu Thai is the party of the Thai "Red Shirts" who held months long protests in Bangkok in 2010. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A woman looks for her name on the voter rolls in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday July 3. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:   A Thai police officer checks voters in Samut Prakan, Thailand, Sunday, July 3. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:   A voter in Samut Prakan, Thailand, drops their ballot into the ballot box Sunday, July 3. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:    A voter in Samut Prakan, Thailand, drops their ballot into the ballot box Sunday, July 3. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:   A man holds his national ID card before voting in Samut Prakan, Thailand, Sunday, July 3. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  A man checks where he is supposed to vote from the voter rolls at a polling place in Samut Prakan, Thailand, Sunday, July 3. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, the Prime Minister elect of Thailand, announces her victory in the Thai elections during a press conference Sunday night. If her election holds she will be the first woman elected Prime Minister of Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:     YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, the Prime Minister elect of Thailand, performs a "wai" or traditional Thai greeting before announcing her victory in the Thai elections Sunday night. If her election holds she will be the first woman elected Prime Minister of Thailand. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    People in Bangkok celebrate news that the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai election Sunday.  Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A woman in Bangkok reacts to news that the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai elections Sunday night. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    People in Bangkok celebrate news that the Pheu Thai party and Yingluck Shinawatra won the Thai election Sunday.  Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party scored a massive landslide win in the Thai election Sunday. Pheu That is estimated to have won more than 300 seats in Thailand 500 seat parliament, so they won an absolute majority and could govern without having to form a coalition with minor parties. Pheu Thai is the latest incarnation of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's political party. Yingluck is his youngest sister. Many observers expect legal challenges to the Pheu Thai victory and the election does not completely resolve Thailand's difficult political history of the last five years. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  A polling place in Samut Prakan, Thailand, Sunday, July 3. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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