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<div><img alt="" src="http://hits.guardian.co.uk/b/ss/guardiangu-feeds/1/H.15.1/12871?ns=guardian&pageName=World+news%3A+Grenade+blast+hits+Thai+government+house+in+Bangkok&ch=World+news&c3=guardian.co.uk&c4=Thailand+%28News%29%2CWorld+news&c5=Not+commercially+useful&c6=Staff+and+agencies&c7=2008_11_29&c8=1126385&c9=article&c10=GU&c11=World+news&c12=Thailand&c13=&c14=&h2=GU%2FWorld+news%2FThailand" width="1" height="1" /></div><p>A grenade blast wounded 34 anti-government protesters at Government House in Bangkok today, a spokesman for an anti-government satellite television channel said.</p><p>ASTV spokesman Winner Dachpian told Reuters the grenade landed near the prime minister's offices, which have been occupied by the People's Alliance for Democracy since August. The wounded were rushed to hospital, he said.</p><p>Earlier today, Thai riot police fled their checkpoint outside Bangkok's besieged international airport when they were attacked by several hundred armed anti-government protesters.</p><p>Some 150 officers stationed half a mile down the expressway leading to Suvarnabhumi airport's terminal piled into their vehicles and left as a convoy of demonstrators drove towards them.</p><p>As the police vehicles passed, the protesters hurled firecrackers at them and took swings at their windscreens with iron bars.</p><p>Yesterday 2,000 riot police were deployed around the airport, suggesting they were about to evict members of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) who have occupied the terminal since Tuesday. The occupation has forced the cancellation of all flights.</p><p>An estimated 2,000 protesters have barricaded themselves into Suvarnabhumi airport and Bangkok's second airport, Don Muang.</p><div style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><ul><li><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/thailand">Thailand</a></li></ul></div><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk">guardian.co.uk</a> © Guardian News & Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our <a href="http://users.guardian.co.uk/help/article/0,,933909,00.html">Terms & Conditions</a> | <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/webfeeds/1,,1309488,00.html">More Feeds</a>
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