Thai PM rules out militant talks
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Thailand's prime minister says he will not be forced to talk to suspected Muslim separatist in the south.
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Deposed Thai PM still wanted on corruption charges despite election victory by his allies, officials say
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Thailand's political parties pursued coalition talks Monday after allies of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra won nearly half the seats Â but not an outright majority Â in the first parliamentary election since a military coup.
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The Sri Lankan government denied on   Wednesday having agreed to hold unconditional peace talks with   Tamil Tiger rebels, as announced by international mediators.
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Thailand's political parties got down to hard bargaining on Monday after voters roundly rejected last year's military coup but failed to give supporters of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra an outright majority.
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Thailand will not use force to deport any Hmong to Laos, Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said on Wednesday, after a group of refugees battled police and soldiers trying to return them to their communist-run homeland.
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Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont called an urgent security meeting on Monday after a wave of bombs killed  6 people and wounded more than 50 in the Muslim-majority far south.
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Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra says some leaders of a separatist insurgency in southern Thailand have fled to neighboring Malaysia.
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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has said he will exit the South-East Asian summit if participants raise concerns about his handling of Muslim insurgents.
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Thailand is sticking to its refusal to discuss Muslim unrest gripping its southern provinces at next week&#39;s ASEAN summit. It says the slow pace of Burma&#39;s democratic reforms should feature on the agenda.
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The Malaysian Government says it will not seal its border with Thailand despite allegations that Thai Islamic militants are conducting arms training in the country.
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BANGKOK, Thailand -- Buddhists in Thailand have implored Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to end violence targeting them on an almost daily basis in the south of the country.
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Predominantly Buddhist Thailand, hit by three-year separatist insurgency in which more than 2,000 people have been killed, plans to hold talks with the Muslim rebels, Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said on Friday. "It is not a negotiation, but more of a dialogue to build understanding with them, which Malaysia has supported as a good idea," Surayud told reporters when asked if Bangkok would formally ask Kuala Lumpur to be a mediator. But Surayud, who agreed with Malaysian counterpart Abdullah Ahamd Badawi this week to speed up attempts to develop their common border area to help end the violence, declined to say where or when the talks would be held or who would be involved.
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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra shed few tears on Wednesday over the death of 78 Muslims in military custody as distraught mourners besieged an army base in the far south, demanding the bodies of relatives.
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Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra promises to change tack in his handling of the violence gripping the country's south.
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Several insurgent groups have approached Thai officials for talks to end nearly three years of unrest in the Muslim-majority south but they must first impose a ceasefire, the region's top general said on Thursday.
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Deposed Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said Friday that his political career is over and he has no immediate plans to return to Thailand.