Thailand’s Beleaguered Government
![Anti-government protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban greets supporters during a rally, in Bangkok, Thailand, May 8, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/62B3E1E9-90B3-4F9F-BE1C-FC34A9CF507E_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Anti-government protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban greets supporters during a rally, in Bangkok, Thailand, May 8, 2014.
![Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra greets her supporters as she leaves the Permanent Secretary of Defence office in Bangkok, May 7, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/BEF52AB4-374D-4EA4-9E5B-D942B153B8E3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra greets her supporters as she leaves the Permanent Secretary of Defence office in Bangkok, May 7, 2014.
![Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister Niwattumrong Boonsongpaisan, 66, was quickly appointed the new acting leader after Prime Minsiter Yiungluck Shinawatra was ordered to step down by a May 7, 2014 court ruling, in Bangkok.](https://gdb.voanews.com/924923CD-6694-4586-A050-CCA3CBF224B6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister Niwattumrong Boonsongpaisan, 66, was quickly appointed the new acting leader after Prime Minsiter Yiungluck Shinawatra was ordered to step down by a May 7, 2014 court ruling, in Bangkok.