Thailand Commission to Investigate Muslim Deaths
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Facing new violence and harsh criticism, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has promised to set up an independent commission to investigate the deaths in southern Thailand of 85 accused Muslim rioters, including 78 who died in military detention.
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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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Thai officials plan to send DNA samples from the remains of unidentified victims to China for testing.
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BANGKOK Muslim insurgents were suspected of killing a soldier in an attack on troops protecting Buddhist monks Friday, and Thailand&#39;s prime minister accused the militants of trying to provoke harsh crackdowns to gain sympathy abroad.
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PATTANI, Thailand  - Thai Prime Minister Thaksin  Shinawatra called a meeting of top security advisers on  Thursday amid concerns Muslim outrage could trigger reprisal  attacks in the far south where 85 protesters died this week.
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PATTANI, Thailand  - The United States asked close  ally Thailand to investigate fully the deaths of 78 Muslim  protesters in military custody after Thai Prime Minister  Thaksin Shinawatra defiantly defended the actions of his  troops.
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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 Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said he will walk out from a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations should he be asked about the deaths of 85 Muslims in a southern Thai province.
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The Thai armed forces and national   police chiefs have set up a commission to decide on political   reforms after troops and tanks took over government   headquarters on Tuesday, a statement on television said.
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A Thai medic sprays disinfectant over the rotting corpses of those killed in Sunday&#39;s tidal waves at a Buddhist temple in Pang-Nga province, southern Thailand, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2004.
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Thailand will set up a panel to find  out why no warnings of the deadly tsunami were issued, which  might have saved thousands of lives, Prime Minister Thaksin  Shinawatra said Saturday.
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Thailandâs government has come under harsh attack from media, politicians, activists and ordinary citizens for the deaths of 78 Muslim protesters in custody, with many saying authorities are making matters worse in the volatile, Muslim-majority south.
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PATTANI, THAILAND, OCTOBER 26 : 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 on Tuesday.
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Thailand's new military rulers will set   up a committee to investigate the assets of ousted billionaire   Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and 15 members of his   cabinet, the Nation newspaper reported on Friday.
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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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Thai government will set up a committee to investigate the deaths of 78 people on crowded trucks following the latest riot in the deep South, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said here on Wednesday.
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NARATHIWAT, Thailand  - A bomb hidden in a  motorcycle killed one person and wounded at least 25 in  Thailand's mainly Muslim south on Thursday, a day ahead of a  visit to the region by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.