  Explosion hits Bangkok protesters, killing 1  January 18, 2014
Associated Press  BANGKOK (AP) — A grenade thrown into a crowd
of marching anti-government demonstrators in Thailand's capital
killed one man and wounded dozens of people, an ominous
development that raises tensions in the country's political
crisis and the specter of more bloodshed to come.  Protest
leader Suthep Thaugsuban was in the procession Friday but was
not wounded when the explosive device was thrown toward a truck
driven by demonstrators that was several dozen meters (yards)
ahead of him, spokesman Akanat Promphan said.  Bangkok's
emergency services center said 36 people were injured in the
blast, most not seriously. One of the wounded, who had been hit
in the chest by shrapnel and suffered massive blood loss, died
early Saturday, the center said.  Protesters vowed to continue
their marches in the city over the weekend despite the violence.
Most of the vast capital is calm, though many countries have
warned visiting nationals to exerci