Bangkok - Embattled Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat has tentative plans to visit Laos, Vietnam, India and Peru next month, Foreign Affairs Ministry sources said Friday as he faces demonstrations at home that are seeking his ouster.

Somchai, who has been premier since September 25, is to visit Vientiane, Laos, for a day-trip that is to begin Monday, said deputy ministry spokesman Thani Thongpakdi.

Bangkok  - Hundreds of protestors descended on the British embassy in Bangkok Thursday to demand the extradition of convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra from London to face a two-year jail term in Thailand.

An estimated 1,500 followers of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), which has been staging anti-government protests since May, marched Thursday after Thaksin was sentenced October 21 on an abuse-of-power conviction.

"We want England to send Thaksin back to Suvarnabhumi Airport, but this time, we want him to lick the ground and not just bow to it," said Somkiat Pongpaiboon, a key leader of the PAD.

Bangkok - Thai shares rose 6.29 per cent Thursday as domestic investors snapped up bargains.

Bangkok - Hundreds of protestors descended on the British embassy in Bangkok Thursday to demand the extradition of convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra from London to face a two-year jail term in Thailand.

An estimated 1,500 followers of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), which has been staging anti-government protests since May, marched Thursday after Thaksin was sentenced October 21 on an abuse-of-power conviction.

Bangkok - A bomb, thrown early Thursday among anti-government protestors gathered at Makkahawan Bridge in Bangkok, injured at least nine people, one of them seriously, radio reports said.

The bomb was thrown at members of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) who have been staging anti-government protests at Makkahawan Bridge since May, this year.

PAD core leader Chamlong Srimuang blamed the attack on the government.

He said that the attack would not stop the PAD from marching on the British Embassy in Bangkok Thursday to demand the extradition of former premier Thaksin Shinwatara.

The PAD is a loose coalition of conservative groups fanatically opposed to a return to power by Thaksin and his political allies.

Bangkok - A bomb thrown early Thursday among anti-government protestors gathered at Makkahawan Bridge in Bangkok wounded at least nine people, one of them seriously, radio reports said.