Bangkok- Bangkok's Criminal Court Monday said a Canadian paedophile nabbed in Thailand last year after German police "unswirled" his altered photograph on the internet has been given an additional six years in jail.

Bangkok - Tens-of-thousands of anti-government protestors, some of them armed with sticks, marched on Parliament Monday in what has been dubbed a "final battle" to topple the cabinet by Wednesday.

Sondhi Limthongkul, a core leader of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) that has been leading an anti-government campaign in Bangkok since May, launched the march from Government House to Parliament at 6:00 am (2300 GMT Sunday).

Bangkok - Unknown assailants launched a grenade at anti-government protestors Saturday, killing one and injuring seven others, fanning worries that Thailand was heading for more political street violence this weekend, media reports said.

Witnesses said two young men fired the device from an M-79 grenade launcher at guards for the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) outside Government House, the seat of the Thai government.

One of the eight victims died in in hospital from shrapnel wounds to his body and neck, the Bangkok Post newspaper's online news service said.

On Thursday, a similar early morning attack on the PAD killed one man and injured 24 other people.

Bangkok - Unknown assailants launched a grenade at anti-government protestors Saturday, injuring eight people and fanning worries that Thailand was heading for more street violence this weekend, media reports said.

Witnesses said two young men fired the device from an M-79 grenade launcher at guards for the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) outside Government House, the seat of the Thai government, injuring eight people, one of whom was listed in critical condition with shrapnel wounds to his body and neck, The Nation newspaper's online news service said.

On Thursday, a similar early morning attack on the PAD left one man dead and 24 injured.

Bangkok  - Nikon Corp's unit in Thailand laid off 1,500 of its subcontracting staff amid signs that Thailand's exports are slowing, media reports said Saturday.

The Japanese camera-manufacturing giant has decided to terminate the employment of 1,500 non-permanent staff at its factory in Ayuthaya province, the Bangkok Post said, quoting provincial labour official Pongthai Musikapong.

Bangkok - Flash floods have claimed five lives in Thailand's southern provinces of Nakorn Si Thammarat and Surat Thani and caused 11.5 million dollars in damages, disaster relief workers said.

Since Friday flash floods caused by heavy rains have drowned three people in Nakorn Si Thammarat and two in Surat Thani, about 500 kilometres south of Bangkok, said officials at the provincial disaster response service.

There were no deaths reported on Samui Island, a popular tourist resort off the coast of Surat Thani.

More than 216,000 people have been affected by the flood waters in 36 districts in the two provinces.