Voting under way in Thailand

Voting under way in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra smiles as he casts his ballot at a polling station near his residence in Bangkok on Aprl 2. Thais began voting in a general election that is likely to be among the most unusual in the country's 64 years of constitutional democracy.

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