Thailand drops paper peace birds on restive South
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Thai air force jets and helicopters dropped around 100m origami paper cranes over restive Muslim-majority southern Thailand on Sunday, in what may rank as one of the world&#39;s most bizarre efforts to quell an ethnic conflict.
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Fresh violence flared in mainly Muslim southern Thailand on Monday, only hours after the Air Force dropped an estimated 100 million origami &quot;peace birds&quot; to quell unrest which has claimed nearly 500 lives.
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PATTANI : Fifty aircraft scattered 120 million paper birds across southern Thailand on Sunday in a peace gesture marred by new killings in the troubled Muslim-majority region.
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Thailand's military rulers announced a stop-gap prime minister and constitution on Sunday, fulfilling a promise to step back in favor of civilians within two weeks of last month's coup against Thaksin Shinawatra.
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Thailand's military rulers announced a stop-gap prime minister and constitution on Sunday, fulfilling a promise to step back in favor of civilians within two weeks of their coup against Thaksin Shinawatra.
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Thai policemen inspect a motorcycle which was destroyed after it exploded in Thailand&#39;s Narathiwat province. Picture:Reuters. A bomb ripped through a food market in Thailand&#39;s troubled Muslim south today killing
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With a general election less than four months away, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is hardening his stance towards unrest in the largely Muslim south, despite
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PATTANI, Thailand  - Bomb blasts rocked southern  Thailand on Friday as Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra told  southern Muslim leaders the deaths of 85 protesters in military  custody should have never happened.
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Bangkok (VNA) - In an address broadcast on television on Friday, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said that tension in southern Thailand has caused great losses in human lives and the socio-economic situation of the country for months.
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Thailand&#39;s prime minister announced yesterday that hundreds of Muslims detained after a riot in the country&#39;s restive south would be freed, in a bid to ease tensions over the deaths of 85 accused rioters - including 78 who died in military custody.
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Thai military rulers say they have agreed to hold talks with southern rebels - a policy shift from the former regime.
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The king of Thailand appeals for the military and police to work together to restore peace in Thailand's south.
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BANGKOK : At least seven people have been killed in separate attacks in Thailand&#39;s restive south in the last 24 hours, police said amid a spate of violence following the deaths of 87 Muslims last week.
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Queen Sirikit makes a rare public declaration calling for an end to the religious unrest in Thailand's south.
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MORE than 50 military aircraft dropped 120 million origami birds over southern Thailand yesterday in a gesture of peace towards three largely Muslim provinces where 540 people have died in violent clashes this year.
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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra  said Thursday he would take charge of efforts to end violence  in the largely Muslim south, where nearly 360 people have been  killed since violence erupted in January.
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Thai military and civilian aircraft rained 120 million paper doves down on Muslim southern provinces in a goodwill gesture, as Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra tries to ease violence that has killed 400 people.