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| Blast hits Thai government house | Blast hits Thai government house |
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| A grenade explosion has injured 46 people inside the opposition-occupied government house in the Thai capital Bangkok, emergency services say. | |
| The blast came as the authorities were trying to end a blockade of Bangkok's two main airports by People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) protesters. | The blast came as the authorities were trying to end a blockade of Bangkok's two main airports by People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) protesters. |
| The protesters are demanding the prime minister's sacking and have occupied government house since August. | The protesters are demanding the prime minister's sacking and have occupied government house since August. |
| A grenade attack there last Saturday injured eight of them. | A grenade attack there last Saturday injured eight of them. |
| Suriyasai Katasila, a PAD spokesman, said the grenade had gone off just after midnight (1700 GMT), 300m (yards) from the stage in the government house compound. | |
| "Protesters have returned to their positions, they are not scared," he told Thailand's Channel Three television. | "Protesters have returned to their positions, they are not scared," he told Thailand's Channel Three television. |
| Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat, seen by the protesters as an ally of exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, has refused to resign in the face of the protests. | Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat, seen by the protesters as an ally of exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, has refused to resign in the face of the protests. |
| The PAD - a loose alliance of royalists, businessmen and the urban middle class - say the government is corrupt and hostile to the monarchy. | The PAD - a loose alliance of royalists, businessmen and the urban middle class - say the government is corrupt and hostile to the monarchy. |
| Airport tension | Airport tension |
| Protesters attacked two checkpoints near Bangkok's main airport on Saturday, forcing police to retreat. | |
| Police had surrounded and cordoned off Suvarnabhumi international airport to block more protesters from arriving. | Police had surrounded and cordoned off Suvarnabhumi international airport to block more protesters from arriving. |
| The blockade of Bangkok's two main airports has entered its sixth day but the protesters say they will not leave until the prime minister quits. | The blockade of Bangkok's two main airports has entered its sixth day but the protesters say they will not leave until the prime minister quits. |
| The BBC's Jonathan Head says it is not clear why the police are so reluctant to end the sit-in, which is costing Thailand's economy dear. | The BBC's Jonathan Head says it is not clear why the police are so reluctant to end the sit-in, which is costing Thailand's economy dear. |
| But he says the challenge of storming such a vast building - filled with people of all ages - without causing significant casualties may be beyond the police. And the army is still refusing to help. | But he says the challenge of storming such a vast building - filled with people of all ages - without causing significant casualties may be beyond the police. And the army is still refusing to help. |
| The government says it will now co-ordinate the evacuation of tens of thousands of stranded tourists with foreign embassies in Bangkok. | The government says it will now co-ordinate the evacuation of tens of thousands of stranded tourists with foreign embassies in Bangkok. |
| But with the prime minister still too nervous to come back to the capital from the north of the country, the government's authority to do anything is quickly evaporating. | But with the prime minister still too nervous to come back to the capital from the north of the country, the government's authority to do anything is quickly evaporating. |
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