Members of a Thai bomb squad inspect the scene of an explosion at bus stop in Bangkok on July 26, 2010. An explosion at a Bangkok bus stop evening wounded at least nine people in the central shopping district, the scene of recent mass anti-government protests, Thai police said. (Getty Images)

Members of a Thai bomb squad inspect the scene of an explosion at bus stop in Bangkok on July 26, 2010. An explosion at a Bangkok bus stop evening wounded at least nine people in the central shopping district, the scene of recent mass anti-government protests, Thai police said. (Getty Images)

Update: One man has now died from his wounds.

Members of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) or Red Shirt put makeup on their faces at Lumpini park Sunday, July 25, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. About 200 UDD members took part in the gathering to show their unity and to defy the country's security act. (AP)

Members of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) or Red Shirt stage die-in at Lumpini park Sunday, July 25, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. About 200 UDD members took part in the gathering to show their unity and to defy the country's security act. (AP)

A vendor carries bags of sugarcane for sale to feed elephants as a mahout, an elephant handler, rides his elephant behind her in suburban Bangkok July 26, 2010. Thai authorities in Bangkok city have started to clamp down on using elephants for begging and will issue a 10,000 baht ($310) fine to anyone caught feeding street elephants, according to local media reports. As a result, many mahouts have started to take their elephants to suburban areas. (Reuters)

A mahout, an elephant handler, rides his elephant in suburban Bangkok July 26, 2010. Thai authorities in Bangkok city have started to clamp down on using elephants for begging and will issue a 10,000 baht ($310) fine to anyone caught feeding street elephants, according to local media reports. As a result, many mahouts have started to take their elephants to suburban areas. (Reuters)

A Thai man works next to an election campaign poster of Red Shirt leader Kokaew Pikulthong (L) in Bangkok on July 21, 2010. His face is on the posters and his name on the ballot paper, but in Thailand's first poll battle since the government crushed mass protests, the main opposition candidate is conspicuously absent. (Getty Images)

A woman displays a sheet of 60th Royal Wedding Anniversary Commemorative Stamps at the Oueen Sirikit National Convention Center in Bangkok July 22, 2010. The set consists of two stamps, each studded with 6 diamonds, with combined weight of 1.2 carats. They will be presented to King Bhumibol Adulyadej on behalf of all Thai citizens. (Reuters)

Family members of a killed Muslim man grieve over his body, as Thai soldiers secure the site of a shooting, in the southern Pattani province July 21, 2010. The man was killed while riding a bicycle in his village. Separatists are blamed for most of the attacks on Thailand's predominantly Muslim deep south, which often target Buddhists and Muslims associated with the Thai state, such as police, soldiers, government officials and teachers. (Reuters)

A Thai egg shop owner arranges eggs as a shopper picks one at a market in Bangkok, Tuesday, July 20, 2010. Bangkok's ubiquitous street food vendors who feed millions of the Thai capital's residents each day are being hit by surging costs for sugar after a government failure to ensure adequate supplies of the sweetener forced Thailand to import it for the first time in 30 years. Eggs are becoming much more expensive too after fewer layer hens were imported in a deliberate move by producers to push up prices. (AP)

Anti-government red shirt protesters light candles for their killed comrades during a gathering at Ratchaprasong intersection in central Bangkok July 19, 2010. Despite the state of emergency in the Thai capital that bans such gatherings, a group of red shirts brought anti-government banners, flowers, food and candles to the site of their former encampment and protests in Bangkok's shopping district that culminated in bloody clashes with Thai troops exactly two months ago. (Reuters)

Thai policemen listen to their commander as they secure the area near a group of anti-government red shirt protesters at Ratchaprasong intersection in central Bangkok July 19, 2010. Despite the state of emergency in Thai capital that bans such gatherings, a group of red shirts brought anti-government banners, flowers, food and candles to the site of their former encampment and protests in Bangkok's shopping district that culminated in bloody clashes with Thai troops exactly two months ago. (Reuters)

Thai policemen keep an eye on anti-government red shirt protesters protesting in central Bangkok July 18, 2010. Despite the state of emergency in the Thai capital that bans such gatherings, several hundred red shirts demonstrated at the site of their former encampment in Bangkok's shopping district and protests that culminated in bloody clashes with Thai troops two months ago. (Reuters)

Sombat Boonngamanong, an anti-government red shirt protester and political activist, gestures in front of policemen during a protest at Ratchaprasong intersection in central Bangkok July 18, 2010. Despite the state of emergency in Thai capital that bans such gatherings, several hundreds red shirts demonstrated at the site of their former encampment and protests in Bangkok's shopping district that culminated in bloody clashes with Thai troops two months ago. (Reuters)