Politics

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IN THEIR FACE: Red Shirt protesters are demanding a vote as a way to unseat Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, but two corruption cases could do the work for them. (Associated Press)

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An Indonesian activist puts a poster next to a mask of Mr. Abhisit on the gate of the Thai Embassy during a protest against the military crackdown against Red Shirts in Bangkok. (Associated Press)

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Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva arrives at criminal court in Bangkok on Thursday. Mr. Abhisit is facing two corruption cases that could unseat him and dissolve his political party. (Associated Press)

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"It's an absolute embarrassment," Rep. Jason Chaffetz, Utah Republican, says of voting to memorialize the start of a racecourse season. He vowed to vote against all future sports bills. (Associated Press)

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he supports in principle the House Democrats' wish list, but stripped much of it from the war spending bill. (Associated Press)

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California Republican Senate candidate Carly Fiorina has raised $950,000, compared to her Democratic counterpart who has raised $11.3 million. (Associated Press)

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From left to right in the front row, Blaise Compaore of Burkina Faso, Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority and Moammar Gadhafi of Libya join other presidents for a group photograph near Lake Victoria for the opening of the African Union Summit in Kampala, Uganda, on Sunday. (Associated Press)

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African leaders gather for a group photograph with Lake Victoria in the background at the opening of the African Union summit in Kampala, Uganda, on Sunday, July 25, 2010. Uganda's president is calling on African nations to band together to fight terrorism on the continent, just weeks after twin bombings killed 76 people in Kampala. The summit will focus on peace and security, infrastructure, energy and food security. (AP Photo/Stephen Wandera)

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**FILE** Thai bomb squad members examine the site of a bomb blast near a bus stop in downtown Bangkok on July 25, 2010. The bombing wounded nine people shortly after polls closed in a parliamentary election that pitted a government candidate against a jailed leader of recent mass protests in the Thai capital. (Associated Press)

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South Koreans watch the Nimitz-class USS George Washington leaving for joint military exercises at the Busan port in Busan, south of Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, July 25, 2010. The massive nuclear-powered U.S. supercarrier began maneuvers Sunday with ally South Korea in a potent show of force that North Korea has threatened could lead to "sacred war." (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)

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The U.S. Navy's Aegis destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG-56), arrives for joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises at Donghae Harbor, South Korea, Saturday, July 24, 2010. North Korea warned Saturday that joint U.S. and South Korean military exercises poised to begin this weekend amount to a military provocation that will draw a "powerful" nuclear response from Pyongyang. (AP Photo/Yonhap)

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Democratic Rep. Charles B. Rangel, left, speaks to reporters during a news conference Friday, July 23, 2010, in New York. Rangel, once among the most powerful members of Congress, will face a hearing on charges of violating House ethics rules after a panel of his peers formally accused him of wrongdoing Thursday. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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** FILE ** In this Friday, Jan. 29, 2010, file photo, President Barack Obama holds up a document of Republican solutions given to him by House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, before he spoke to Republican lawmakers at the GOP House Issues Conference in Baltimore. President Barack Obama says an economic plan by the House Republican leader just repeats job-killing policies of the past and would take the country "backward at a time when we need to keep America moving forward." (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

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A U.S. navy personnel takes a rest under the wings of a fighter jet plane on the deck of U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington at the Busan port in Busan, south of Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, July 24, 2010. North Korea warned Saturday that joint U.S. and South Korean military exercises poised to begin this weekend amount to a military provocation that will draw a "powerful" nuclear response from Pyongyang. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

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Arab women wear the niqab, a face-covering Islamic veil, as they shop in Souk Al-Hamediah, Damascus' oldest market, Syria, Monday, July 19, 2010. Syria has banned the face-covering Islamic veil from the country's universities. The Education Ministry's ban on the niqab comes as similar moves in Europe spark cries of discrimination against Muslims. An official at the ministry says the ban affects public and private universities and aims to protect Syria's secular identity. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)

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Democratic Rep. Charles B. Rangel, left, speaks to reporters during a news conference Friday, July 23, 2010 in New York. Rangel, once among the most powerful members of Congress, will face a hearing on charges of violating House ethics rules after a panel of his peers formally accused him of wrongdoing Thursday. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, signs the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation along with others at the end of the 17th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), in Hanoi, Vietnam, Friday, July 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Hoang Dinh Nam, Pool)