A tourist and his daughter eat dinner inside Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi international airport after anti-government protesters blocked the main road November 25, 2008.(Sukree Sukplang/Reuters)
From Yahoo News/Reuters:
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Pressure built on Thailand's military to intervene in a political crisis threatening to descend into widespread civil unrest on Thursday after Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat rejected calls to quit.
Local television said anti-government protesters continued to blockade Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport, the gateway into the country for 14.5 million visitors a year, and media said they had also taken over the old Don Muang airport, a big domestic hub.
A rival pro-government group has threatened retaliation in the streets but Bangkok appeared calm early on Thursday.
Media reported several small explosions during the night in the vicinity of Government House, the prime minister's compound that has been occupied by the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) since August, but no injuries were reported.
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