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epa01693259 Hundreds of protesting ' red shirt ' anti government demonstrators scuffle with soldiers as they march to the ASEAN summit venue at the Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall (PEACH) venue on the first day of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) plus six summit, in Pattaya, a popular beach resort about 160 km south east of Bangkok, Thailand, 10 April 2009. Thailand hosts the ASEAN plus three and six summits including leaders of China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia, and New Zealand, with South East Asian leaders, from April 10 to 12. The red shirts supporting ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra protesting in Bangkok and Pattaya are demanding the government of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva step down. EPA/STR