Thailand Frees Muslims Detained in Protest
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Hundreds of Muslim men were freed in southern Thailand on Saturday after they were detained last week in the wake of protests which left 85 dead and outraged Muslims worldwide.
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PATTANI, Thailand -- At least 78 Muslim detainees suffocated or were crushed to death after police rounded up 1,300 people and packed them into trucks following a riot in southern Thailand. Islamic leaders accused troops yesterday of overreacting and warned the deaths could worsen sectarian violence.
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Villagers on Thursday buried some of the 78 Muslims who died in military custody after a protest in troubled southern Thailand, while authorities insisted at a briefing for diplomats that the detainees were not intentionally mistreated. Later Thursday evening, a bomb exploded at an open-front bar in a southern Thai town on Thursday, killing at least two people and injuring 21, police said.
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BANGKOK -- Thailand's new military rulers got their first taste of popular dissent yesterday when about 100 protesters defied a ban on public gatherings to denounce the army's coup this week as undemocratic.
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Thirteen Coptic Christians detained after clashes with police at a recent Cairo demonstration have been released.
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PATTANI, Thailand -- Facing harsh denunciation from Islamic leaders across Southeast Asia, Thailand's prime minister defended his security forces yesterday in the deaths of 78 young Muslims in army custody, maintaining troops used a ''soft approach&quot; in quelling a riot.
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The Thai military frees up some political parties, while banning the most popular one.
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International criticism of Thailand continued to escalate Thursday in the wake of the deaths of 78 Islamic protesters who suffocated while being transported in military trucks Monday for more than five hours to a barracks in the country&#39;s largely Muslim
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Thailand has photos to prove that Muslim terrorists are training in camps in Malaysia near the border with southern Thai provinces, said Thai Deputy Interior Minister Sutham Sangprathum.
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A former policeman accused of killing two British tourists in western Thailand two months ago has been quietly freed on bail amid fears of witness intimidation.
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Iran has released all but three of 31 women detained during a peaceful protest in Tehran earlier this week, a lawyer said Thursday.
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Thailand&#39;s prime minister has apologized for the deaths of 78 Muslims while in custody following a demonstration in the south of the nation.
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Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Monday shrugged off a demand by 144 university professors that he publicly apologize for the deaths of 85 Muslims at the hands of security forces last month in Thailand&#39;s violence-riven south.
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BANGKOK : Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said the government would prosecute 300 Muslims detained at a riot this week that led to the deaths of 87 protesters, while another 900 would be released.
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PATTANI, Thailand  - Almost 80 people died in  military custody in southern Thailand, suffocated while being  transported in trucks to army barracks after a violent  demonstration by Muslims, officials said Tuesday.
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Almost 80 Muslim demonstrators arrested in southern Thailand suffocated after being crammed into army lorries, the Thai authorities admitted yesterday.
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Thailand's interim government lifts a ban on political party activities imposed after last September's coup.