Grenade Blast Hits Thai Protesters

Anti-government group vows to topple government after fatal attack

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 20, 2008 5:54 AM CST

(Newser) – Thai protesters vowed to step up their campaign to oust the government after a grenade thrown into their camp killed one and injured 23 this morning, Reuters reports. The government—and a renegade major-general who vowed to attack the protesters with bombs and snakes dropped... Read full story »

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