RICKSHAW DRIVER READS WEEKLY THAI MAGAZINE IN AYATTHAYA, 2002-03-13 (photo)

A rickshaw driver reads a weekly Thai magazine while waiting for passengers in province of Ayutthaya, 80 km north of Bangkok on March 13, 2002. The cover of the magazine, called Matichon or Public Consensue in Thai, shows a picture of Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra when he was a police cadet 30 years ago. Relations between the press and the Thai government have soured since the election of Thaksin, a billionaire telecoms tycoon with a reputation for disliking criticism. Three Thai newspaper editors have sought a court injunction to halt an official probe into their financial affairs in the latest showdown between the government and his media critics. REUTERS/ Sukree Sukplang SS/RCS