Thailand's opposition leader, Abhisit Vejjajiva, has been confirmed as the country's third Prime Minister in as many months.
The British-born Democratic Party leader narrowly defeated his rival, former police chief Pracha Promnok after winning a special vote in parliament. But in a sign of the political turmoil gripping Thailand, angry supporters of the government sacked by the courts two weeks ago blocked access to parliament after the vote, attacking cars carrying MPs from his Democrat Party.Helen Long reports.
