Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra greets the media as she arrives at the Flood Relief Operation Centre (FROC) in Bangkok October 28, 2011. In the early days of Thailand's devastating floods, the prime minister was seen knee-deep in muddy waters in wading boots, greeting evacuated villagers, surrounded by clicking cameras and appearing to take charge. Fast-forward a month, as the worst floods in half a century close in on inner-city Bangkok, Yingluck's three-month-old government is under fire for badly managing the crisis -- from shoddy policy coordination to poor communication and conflicts with the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. [Photo/Agencies]
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