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Anti-government protests in Bangkok, Jet cancels flights

TimePublished on Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 11:54, Updated on Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 12:33 in World section

ANTI-GOVT PROTEST: The protest is going on outside Don Mueang Airport which is PM's current office.

ANTI-GOVT PROTEST: The protest is going on outside Don Mueang Airport which is PM


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Bangkok: Bangkok's international airport was rocked by blasts on Wednesday morning, following which Jet Airways has decided to cancel all flights to Bangkok.

Air India has also diverted its flights from New Delhi and Mumbai to Utapao airport in Thailand from where they will be taken to Bangkok by road.

The blasts has left at least four injured. According to the reports the Suvarnabhumi Airport has cancelled all the flights.

The blasts occurred near the Don Mueang Airport, where anti-government protestors where staging an agitation. This is being used as a temporary office by Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat's Cabinet.

Two local television stations said that a grenade was fired at protesters.

Hundreds of protesters led by the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) were attempting to block a cabinet meeting scheduled for Wednesday.

The party is protesting the alleged amendment of the constitution in favour of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

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