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Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

People celebrate the court's verdict after Bangladesh's fugitive former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was found guilty and sentenced to death in Dhaka on November 17, 2025. Hasina on November 17, called the guilty verdict and death sentence in her crimes against humanity trial "biased and politically motivated". The ex prime minister defied court orders that she return from India to attend her trial about whether she ordered a deadly crackdown against the student-led uprising that ousted her. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

People celebrate the court's verdict after Bangladesh's fugitive former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was found guilty and sentenced to death in Dhaka on November 17, 2025. Hasina on November 17, called the guilty verdict and death sentence in her crimes against humanity trial "biased and politically motivated". The ex prime minister defied court orders that she return from India to attend her trial about whether she ordered a deadly crackdown against the student-led uprising that ousted her. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

People celebrate the court's verdict after Bangladesh's fugitive former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was found guilty and sentenced to death in Dhaka on November 17, 2025. Hasina on November 17, called the guilty verdict and death sentence in her crimes against humanity trial "biased and politically motivated". The ex prime minister defied court orders that she return from India to attend her trial about whether she ordered a deadly crackdown against the student-led uprising that ousted her. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

People celebrate the court's verdict after Bangladesh's fugitive former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was found guilty and sentenced to death in Dhaka on November 17, 2025. Hasina on November 17, called the guilty verdict and death sentence in her crimes against humanity trial "biased and politically motivated". The ex prime minister defied court orders that she return from India to attend her trial about whether she ordered a deadly crackdown against the student-led uprising that ousted her. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Demonstrators clash with security personnel as they attempt to demolish the residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh's first president and father of the country's fugitive prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka on November 17, 2025. A Bangladesh court on November 17 sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death for crimes against humanity, with cheers breaking out in the packed court as the judge read out the verdict. Hasina, 78, defied court orders that she return from India to attend her trial about whether she ordered a deadly crackdown against a student-led uprising that ousted her. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Demonstrators clash with security personnel as they attempt to demolish the residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh's first president and father of the country's fugitive prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka on November 17, 2025. A Bangladesh court on November 17 sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death for crimes against humanity, with cheers breaking out in the packed court as the judge read out the verdict. Hasina, 78, defied court orders that she return from India to attend her trial about whether she ordered a deadly crackdown against a student-led uprising that ousted her. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Demonstrators clash with security personnel as they attempt to demolish the residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh's first president and father of the country's fugitive prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka on November 17, 2025. A Bangladesh court on November 17 sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death for crimes against humanity, with cheers breaking out in the packed court as the judge read out the verdict. Hasina, 78, defied court orders that she return from India to attend her trial about whether she ordered a deadly crackdown against a student-led uprising that ousted her. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Demonstrators clash with security personnel as they attempt to demolish the residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh's first president and father of the country's fugitive prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka on November 17, 2025. A Bangladesh court on November 17 sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death for crimes against humanity, with cheers breaking out in the packed court as the judge read out the verdict. Hasina, 78, defied court orders that she return from India to attend her trial about whether she ordered a deadly crackdown against a student-led uprising that ousted her. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Demonstrators clash with security personnel as they attempt to demolish the residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh's first president and father of the country's fugitive prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka on November 17, 2025. A Bangladesh court on November 17 sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death for crimes against humanity, with cheers breaking out in the packed court as the judge read out the verdict. Hasina, 78, defied court orders that she return from India to attend her trial about whether she ordered a deadly crackdown against a student-led uprising that ousted her. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Demonstrators clash with security personnel as they attempt to demolish the residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh's first president and father of the country's fugitive prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka on November 17, 2025. A Bangladesh court on November 17 sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death for crimes against humanity, with cheers breaking out in the packed court as the judge read out the verdict. Hasina, 78, defied court orders that she return from India to attend her trial about whether she ordered a deadly crackdown against a student-led uprising that ousted her. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Demonstrators clash with security personnel as they attempt to demolish the residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh's first president and father of the country's fugitive prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka on November 17, 2025. A Bangladesh court on November 17 sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death for crimes against humanity, with cheers breaking out in the packed court as the judge read out the verdict. Hasina, 78, defied court orders that she return from India to attend her trial about whether she ordered a deadly crackdown against a student-led uprising that ousted her. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Demonstrators clash with security personnel as they attempt to demolish the residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh's first president and father of the country's fugitive prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka on November 17, 2025. A Bangladesh court on November 17 sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death for crimes against humanity, with cheers breaking out in the packed court as the judge read out the verdict. Hasina, 78, defied court orders that she return from India to attend her trial about whether she ordered a deadly crackdown against a student-led uprising that ousted her. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Demonstrators clash with security personnel as they attempt to demolish the residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh's first president and father of the country's fugitive prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka on November 17, 2025. A Bangladesh court on November 17 sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death for crimes against humanity, with cheers breaking out in the packed court as the judge read out the verdict. Hasina, 78, defied court orders that she return from India to attend her trial about whether she ordered a deadly crackdown against a student-led uprising that ousted her. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Demonstrators clash with security personnel as they attempt to demolish the residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh's first president and father of the country's fugitive prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka on November 17, 2025. A Bangladesh court on November 17 sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death for crimes against humanity, with cheers breaking out in the packed court as the judge read out the verdict. Hasina, 78, defied court orders that she return from India to attend her trial about whether she ordered a deadly crackdown against a student-led uprising that ousted her. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Demonstrators clash with security personnel as they attempt to demolish the residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh's first president and father of the country's fugitive prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka on November 17, 2025. A Bangladesh court on November 17 sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death for crimes against humanity, with cheers breaking out in the packed court as the judge read out the verdict. Hasina, 78, defied court orders that she return from India to attend her trial about whether she ordered a deadly crackdown against a student-led uprising that ousted her. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Demonstrators clash with security personnel as they attempt to demolish the residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh's first president and father of the country's fugitive prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka on November 17, 2025. A Bangladesh court on November 17 sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death for crimes against humanity, with cheers breaking out in the packed court as the judge read out the verdict. Hasina, 78, defied court orders that she return from India to attend her trial about whether she ordered a deadly crackdown against a student-led uprising that ousted her. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Demonstrators clash with security personnel as they attempt to demolish the residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh's first president and father of the country's fugitive prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka on November 17, 2025. A Bangladesh court on November 17 sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death for crimes against humanity, with cheers breaking out in the packed court as the judge read out the verdict. Hasina, 78, defied court orders that she return from India to attend her trial about whether she ordered a deadly crackdown against a student-led uprising that ousted her. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Demonstrators clash with security personnel as they attempt to demolish the residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh's first president and father of the country's fugitive prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka on November 17, 2025. A Bangladesh court on November 17 sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death for crimes against humanity, with cheers breaking out in the packed court as the judge read out the verdict. Hasina, 78, defied court orders that she return from India to attend her trial about whether she ordered a deadly crackdown against a student-led uprising that ousted her. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Demonstrators clash with security personnel as they attempt to demolish the residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh's first president and father of the country's fugitive prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka on November 17, 2025. A Bangladesh court on November 17 sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death for crimes against humanity, with cheers breaking out in the packed court as the judge read out the verdict. Hasina, 78, defied court orders that she return from India to attend her trial about whether she ordered a deadly crackdown against a student-led uprising that ousted her. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French fugitive Mohamed Amra arrested in Romania nine months after deadly van ambush

French fugitive Mohamed Amra arrested in Romania nine months after deadly van ambush

Policemen escort French convict Mohamed Amra 'The Fly' to the court of appeal in Bucharest, Romania, on February 23, 2025. Mohamed Amra, on the run since being freed in May 2024 in an ambush that left two prison officers dead, has been arrested in Romania, the interior ministers of both countries said on February 22, 2025. Mohamed Amra, accused of being a major drugs gangland figure, had vanished without a trace after an attack with military-grade assault weapons on a prison van carrying him in the northwestern Normandy region. Photo by Octav Ganea/Inquam Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French fugitive Mohamed Amra arrested in Romania nine months after deadly van ambush

French fugitive Mohamed Amra arrested in Romania nine months after deadly van ambush

Policemen escort French convict Mohamed Amra 'The Fly' to the court of appeal in Bucharest, Romania, on February 23, 2025. Mohamed Amra, on the run since being freed in May 2024 in an ambush that left two prison officers dead, has been arrested in Romania, the interior ministers of both countries said on February 22, 2025. Mohamed Amra, accused of being a major drugs gangland figure, had vanished without a trace after an attack with military-grade assault weapons on a prison van carrying him in the northwestern Normandy region. Photo by Octav Ganea/Inquam Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French fugitive Mohamed Amra arrested in Romania nine months after deadly van ambush

French fugitive Mohamed Amra arrested in Romania nine months after deadly van ambush

Policemen escort French convict Mohamed Amra 'The Fly' to the court of appeal in Bucharest, Romania, on February 23, 2025. Mohamed Amra, on the run since being freed in May 2024 in an ambush that left two prison officers dead, has been arrested in Romania, the interior ministers of both countries said on February 22, 2025. Mohamed Amra, accused of being a major drugs gangland figure, had vanished without a trace after an attack with military-grade assault weapons on a prison van carrying him in the northwestern Normandy region. Photo by Octav Ganea/Inquam Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain: Former Catalan Leader Carles Puigdemont Returns To Barcelona

Former Catalonia leader Carles Puigdemont, who had fled Spain after organizing an illegal independence referendum in the region nearly 7 years ago, returned to the country on Thursday, August 8, despite a pending arrest warrant. Puigdemont briefly addressed the crowd near the Catalan Parliament in Barcelona.

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Pro-Thaksin lawmaker Jatuporn blasts Abhisit

Pro-Thaksin lawmaker Jatuporn blasts Abhisit

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai lawmaker Jatuporn Promphan, a senior member of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship, speaks during an interview in Bangkok on Aug. 5, 2010. Jatuporn, a supporter of fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, said reconciliation efforts by the government led by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva are a publicity stunt to evade criticism from inside and outside of the country.

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Security boosted at schools on island where fugitive is hiding

Security boosted at schools on island where fugitive is hiding

ONOMICHI, Japan, April 17 Kyodo - A prison officer patrols at an elementary school on Mukaishima Island in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on April 17, 2018, where a fugitive is believed to be hiding.

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Fugitive leader urges Iraqi PM to immediately step down

Fugitive leader urges Iraqi PM to immediately step down

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Former Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi speaks during an interview with Kyodo News on June 26, 2014, in Istanbul, Turkey. He urged Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to step down immediately, blaming the government for sectarian policies that have fueled the Sunni insurgency in the country.

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Fugitive Tiananmen Square activist

Fugitive Tiananmen Square activist

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Wuer Kaixi, a fugitive former student leader of the 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy protests. According to Hong Kong media reports, Wuer, who now resides in Taiwan, was deported after arriving at Hong Kong airport on Nov. 25, 2013, in a failed attempt to surrender to authorities to be allowed back into China.

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German fugitive turns himself in

German fugitive turns himself in

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 14, 2013, shows a police box in Miyagi Prefecture where Petro Vladimirovic Shchus, a 25-year-old German national, turned himself in earlier in the day. Shchus ran away from a police station in the prefecture the previous day while being questioned about his alleged assault on two employees at a local hotel on Oct. 30.

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German fugitive turns himself in

German fugitive turns himself in

SENDAI, Japan - Petro Vladimirovic Shchus (back), a 25-year-old German national, arrives at a police station in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 14, 2013, after turning himself in at a police box in the prefecture earlier that day. Shchus ran away from the Sendai police station the previous day while being questioned about his alleged assault on two employees at a local hotel on Oct. 30.

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German fugitive turns himself in

German fugitive turns himself in

SENDAI, Japan - Police officers ask drivers about Petro Vladimirovic Shchus, a German fugitive, in Tagajo, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 14, 2013. Shchus turned himself in at a police box in the prefecture later in the day. He ran away from a police station in the prefecture the previous day while being questioned about his alleged assault on two employees at a local hotel on Oct. 30.

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Sea Shepherd's fugitive leader

Sea Shepherd's fugitive leader

LOS ANGELES, United States - Captain Paul Watson, founder of anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd, speaks with Kyodo News via Skype from the group's flagship, the Steve Irwin, on Dec. 4, 2012. Watson told Kyodo he spent most of the past four months at sea after jumping bail in July in Germany, where he had been arrested and was awaiting extradition to Costa Rica.

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Thaksin in Japan

Thaksin in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra answers questions after delivering a speech in Osaka Prefecture on June 19, 2012.

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Ex-Thai Premier Thaksin in Tokyo

Ex-Thai Premier Thaksin in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Fugitive former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra gives a speech during a welcome party for him at a Tokyo hotel on June 15, 2012. An organization for promoting economic partnership between Thailand and Japan was launched by Japanese businesses and politicians the same day in a bid to further strengthen economic relations between the two countries.

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Last AUM fugitive arrested

Last AUM fugitive arrested

TOKYO, Japan - Shizue Takahashi, leader of a group of bereaved families of victims in the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult's 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, gives a press conference in Tokyo on June 15, 2012, following the arrest earlier in the day of Katsuya Takahashi, the last AUM fugitive behind the attack. Her husband, an assistant station master at Kasumigaseki subway station in central Tokyo, was killed in the nerve gas attack along with 12 other people.

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Last AUM fugitive arrested

Last AUM fugitive arrested

TOKYO, Japan - Shizue Takahashi (L), leader of a group of bereaved families of victims in the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult's 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, wipes away tears during a press conference in Tokyo on June 15, 2012, following the arrest earlier in the day of Katsuya Takahashi, the last AUM fugitive behind the attack. Her husband, an assistant station master at the Kasumigaseki subway station in central Tokyo, was killed in the nerve gas attack along with 12 other people.

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Last AUM fugitive arrested

Last AUM fugitive arrested

OSAKA, Japan - Fumihiro Joyu, the leader of Hikari no Wa (Circle of Rainbow Light), a group that split off from the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult, gives a press conference in Osaka on June 15, 2012, following the arrest earlier in the day in Tokyo of Katsuya Takahashi, the last AUM fugitive sought for the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system. Joyu, the one-time AUM spokesman, urged Takahashi to help get to the bottom of the AUM-related criminal cases.

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Last ex-AUM fugitive

Last ex-AUM fugitive

NARITA, Japan - A police officer (C) hands out flyers while standing next to a full-scale effigy of former AUM Shinrikyo cult member Katsuya Takahashi, the last remaining fugitive from the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on June 14, 2012.

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Police release additional pictures of AUM fugitive

Police release additional pictures of AUM fugitive

TOKYO, Japan - Photos taken by a security camera show Katsuya Takahashi, the last remaining AUM Shinrikyo fugitive wanted over the cult's 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, getting in a taxi after purchasing a carry-on bag at a supermarket in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on June 4, 2012. The Metropolitan Police Department released the additional photos of Takahashi on June 10.

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Hunting for AUM fugitive

Hunting for AUM fugitive

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers leave for a patrol from JR Shinagawa Station in Tokyo to look for Katsuya Takahashi, the last remaining AUM Shinrikyo cult fugitive, on June 9, 2012. Takahashi has been wanted over the cult's 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway.

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Protest in Bangkok

Protest in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Supporters of fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra gather in a shopping district in Bangkok on May 19, 2012, the second anniversary of a deadly crackdown on street protests, to commemorate those who were killed in the incident.

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Ex-Thai premier Thaksin in Cambodia

Ex-Thai premier Thaksin in Cambodia

SIEM REAP, Cambodia - Fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra gives a speech in Siem Reap, Cambodia on April 14, 2012.

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Thaksin supporters gather in Cambodia

Thaksin supporters gather in Cambodia

SIEM REAP, Cambodia - Supporters of fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra gather in Siem Reap, Cambodia, where he was visiting, on April 14, 2012.

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Ex-Thai premier Thaksin visits Cambodia

Ex-Thai premier Thaksin visits Cambodia

SIEM REAP, Cambodia - Fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (C) is surrounded by supporters at a hotel in Siem Reap, Cambodia on April 14, 2012.

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Ex-Thai premier Thaksin visits Cambodia

Ex-Thai premier Thaksin visits Cambodia

SIEM REAP, Cambodia - Fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (C) arrives at Siem Reap airport in Cambodia on April 14, 2012.

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Fugitive ex-Thai premier holds talks with Cambodia's Hun Sen

Fugitive ex-Thai premier holds talks with Cambodia's Hun Sen

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (R) shakes hands with fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra at the Cambodian prime minister's office in Phnom Penh on Sept. 17, 2011. It was their first face-to-face talks since Thaksin's ouster from power in 2006.

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Thaksin in Japan

Thaksin in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (L) and Financial Services Minister Shozaburo Jimi shake hands in Tokyo on Aug. 22, 2011, after Thaksin, a fugitive following his ouster in a 2006 military coup in Thailand, arrived in Japan with the aim of assisting in the reconstruction of the earthquake- and tsunami-hit northeastern region.

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Protest at Japan's issuance of visa to Thaksin

Protest at Japan's issuance of visa to Thaksin

BANGKOK, Thailand - A group of Thai activists protest in front of the Japanese Embassy in Bangkok on Aug. 18, 2011, voicing dissatisfaction over the Japanese government's issuance of a visa to ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to visit Japan. In a statement, the protesters said they were deeply disappointed over the move since Thaksin is a fugitive from justice, having fled Thailand to avoid a jail term for a corruption conviction.

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Thai minister seeks Japanese entry permit for Thaksin

Thai minister seeks Japanese entry permit for Thaksin

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. New Thai Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul asked Japanese authorities through Japanese Ambassador to Thailand Seiji Kojima on Aug. 11, 2011, to facilitate a visit to Japan later in the month by Thaksin by issuing him with a special entry permit, even though he is ostensibly a convicted criminal and a fugitive from justice, according to sources.

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Thailand's first female prime ministerial candidate Yingluck Shinawatra

Thailand's first female prime ministerial candidate Yingluck Shinawatra

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thailand's first female prime ministerial candidate Yingluck Shinawatra speaks during an interview with Japanese media in Bangkok on June 27, 2011. Yingluck, a younger sister of fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, said she wants to use her soft appeal as a woman in achieving much-needed reconciliation in the country.

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Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Dubai on June 14, 2011. He expressed confidence that the party of his younger sister Yingluck Shinawatra will win an ''outright'' majority in the July 3 general election in Thailand.

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