Paroled former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra made a rare public appearance on Thursday when he visited a Bangkok temple, ahead of a trip to his home province of Chiang Mai. The controversial former leader returned to Thailand last year after many years in self-exile to avoid a jail term for corruption, a charge he always denied, imposed after his overthrow in a coup in 2006. (Mar. 14) (AP Video/Sompong Saisomboon)