BANGKOK/SINGAPORE -- Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra returned to Thailand on Tuesday after 15 years in self-exile and around 20 scrapped attempts to come home under a looming prison sentence.
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Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra waves to supporters as he arrives at Don Mueang Airport in Bangkok on August 22. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
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