Bangkok - A bomb blast early Tuesday at a Bangkok airport occupied by anti-government demonstrators killed one person, protestors said.
The explosion at Don Mueang Airport set off panic in the occupied terminal building, where 22 people were wounded by flying glass caused by the device, the Thai newspaper Nation reported on its website.
The airport has been occupied, preventing flights, since Thursday by protestors demanding the ouster of the current government.
Bangkok - Thai shares lost 2.72 per cent of their value Monday on a combined whammy from heightening political instability and worldwide worries.
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index ended at 390.92, down 10.92 points or 2.72 perr cent.
"A combination of growing political instability in Thailand and falls on regional markets was dragging us down today," said Phuwadol Larpudomsuk, an analyst at Asia Plus Securities.
Bangkok - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Monday downgraded its outlook on Thailand's sovereign credit from stable to "negative," in response to Bangkok's two airports being closed down by anti-government protestors for almost a week.
"The recent occupation of the two airports in Bangkok by anti-government protestors has increased the risks to sovereign creditworthiness," said Standard & Poor's Singapore-based credit analyst Kim Eng Tan.
Tan said the closure of the airports had caused serious disruption to the economy and "raises the possibility of widespread violence markedly."
Bangkok - Anti-government protestors decided Monday to end their three-month occupation of the prime minister's office, but remained in place at Bangkok's two airports which they have shut down for almost a week.
People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) leader Chamlomg Srimuang urged supporters still at Government House to move out and join others at Suvarnabhumi International Airport and Don Mueang Airport.
The PAD occupied Government House since August 26, depriving the prime minister and cabinet of their offices.
Hong Kong - The Hong Kong government was arranging emergency flights Monday to repatriate hundreds of its citizens stranded in Thailand by protestors who closed Bangkok's two main airports.
A senior government official said three planes would be chartered to a provincial military base near Bangkok because of concerns that the security situation in the Thai capital might deteriorate in the coming days.
Around 800 Hong Kong people have been stranded in Thailand since the airports were occupied by anti-government protesters last week.
Hong Kong's secretary for security Chang King-yiu said the government reversed an earlier decision not to arrange evacuation flights because of fears over possible violence in the coming days.
BANGKOK, Dec. 1 -- Anti-government protesters Monday let several planes fly out of Bangkok's international airport with thousands of passengers who had been stranded in Thailand.
The People's Alliance for Democracy-led protesters, who have been occupying the Suvarnabhumi international airport, allowed Thai Airways jetliners and those of other airlines to pick up the stranded passengers, the Thai News Agency reported.
CNN, quoting an airport authority spokesman, reported more than three dozen planes were on this mission to help about 100,000 passengers reach their homes.
Bangkok - A bomb blast early Tuesday at a Bangkok airport occupied by anti-government demonstrators killed one person, protestors said.
Bangkok - Thai shares lost 2.72 per cent of their value Monday on a combined whammy from heightening political instability and worldwide worries.
Bangkok - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Monday downgraded its outlook on Thailand's sovereign credit from stable to "negative," in response to Bangkok's two airports being closed down by anti-government protestors for almost a week. 
Bangkok - Anti-government protestors decided Monday to end their three-month occupation of the prime minister's office, but remained in place at Bangkok's two airports which they have shut down for almost a week.
BANGKOK, Dec. 1 -- Anti-government protesters Monday let several planes fly out of Bangkok's international airport with thousands of passengers who had been stranded in Thailand.
