Thai peace plan proves paper thin
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Thailand air-dropped more than 100 million paper &quot;birds of peace&quot; onto the Muslim-majority south on Sunday, despite complaints it would create tons of garbage and not lessen
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One of the principal causes of the failure of all previous peace efforts has been the neglect of the grassroots. The Oslo agreement never delivered concrete âpeace dividends&#39; which ordinary individuals could point to.
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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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Around 50 Thai Air Force planes have swamped the largely Muslim south of Thailand with millions of paper birds as a symbol of peace for the restive region where nearly 500 people have been killed since January.
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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will push ASEAN leaders at a summit in Laos to address the lack of political reform in military-ruled Myanmar, a source of growing embarrassment to the group, officials said today.
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IN THE wake of the third serious clash in Thailand&#39;s southern provinces last Monday, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra stated yesterday his belief that his government - in power since February 2001 â-quot;is the first in Thailand&#39;s history that has
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The Thai government will consider a proposal for a &quot;national conciliation committee&quot; to find alternative ways of restoring peace in the south,.
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Thai stocks fall to their lowest in two years after Bank of Thailand moves designed to halt currency speculation.
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A massive airdrop of paper birds intended to promote peace failed to halt violence in Thailand&#39;s restive south, with a spate of new attacks Monday that targeted soldiers and local officials.
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Myanmar's military junta has pledged to  stick by its "roadmap to democracy," but analysts said on  Friday what little credibility the plan had has been shattered  by the purge of its main promoter, Prime Minister Khin Nyunt.
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MARK COLVIN: It now appears almost certain that Burma&#39;s &quot;roadmap to democracy&quot;, so called, has hit a dead end. As we reported earlier this week, Burma&#39;s repressive military junta has dumped its Prime Minister, General Khin Nyunt.
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THE Thai military turned to the power of origami yesterday in its attempt to bring peace to the countryâs restive south. Air force planes dropped 100 million paper birds over the area, where fighting between
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ThailandÂs deposed prime minister seems to be having a better time than the generals who ousted him, who are struggling to control the country he left behind.
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Thailand faced an uncertain political future Thursday after a top court banned ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his party from contesting promised elections later 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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Plans for a major Asian summit to discuss terrorism and European-style integration have been jolted by Thailand&#39;s prime minister who has threatened to walk out if neighbors raised concerns about a Muslim insurgency in his country&#39;s
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Thailand&#39;s troubled south has been hit by fresh violence, just hours after army planes dropped 100m origami birds as a peace offering.