Flock of paper birds takes wing in Thailand
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BANGKOK Thai military aircraft dropped 100 million paper birds over southern Thailand on Sunday in a gesture intended to promote peace in mainly Muslim provinces, where more than 500 people have died this year in attacks by separatist militants and
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Military planes will drop an estimated one hundred million paper origami cranes on the country&#39;s Muslim south. The &quot;peace bombing&quot; of the paper birds has been scheduled to coincide with the
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Two people were shot dead by insurgents in Thailand&#39;s Muslim-dominated deep south on Sunday, when the country was praying peace for the region at a ceremony ofdropping hundred of millions origami birds.
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Thailand has launched a month-long campaign to fight bird flu, with hundreds of thousands of volunteers checking for the disease nationwide.
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A massive army of volunteers wearing protective plastic bags over their flip-flops is taking the Thai Prime Minister&#39;s battle against bird flu to its source: Thailand&#39;s chicken coops and live markets.
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A Malaysian state near the border with Thailand faces a quarantine to stop the spread of potentially deadly bird flu, which has spread inexorably since first being discovered in this country a month ago, a news report said
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Theresa Torres, Reporter. Sharing its neighborsâ fears of a bird-flu pandeÂ­mic after the first probable case of human-to-human infection was reported in Thailand, the Philippine government on Wednes
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IN A move welcomed by dozens of conservation organisations and governments, Thailand yesterday proposed a new South-east Asian regional law enforcement network to combat illegal wildlife trade.
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Bird flu spread further in Thailand on Friday, with the government confirming four new outbreaks of the deadly disease, including one near the border with Malaysia.
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Millions of origami paper cranes yesterday rained down upon Thailand&#39;s three violence-torn southern provinces in an extravagant government-sponsored gesture aimed at bringing peace to the predominantly Muslim region.
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SCIENTISTS have discovered a new species of flightless bird on a remote island in the Philippines, the conservation group BirdLife International said yesterday.
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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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Thailand and its chicken industry continue to deal with the effects from the spread of bird influenza. Last week, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra replaced his agriculture minister.
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By Post Reporters, Bangkok Post, Thailand  Dec.
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NARATHIWAT, Thailand  - In between trapping,  training and trading in songbirds like other Thais his age,  Kawi Phupakapdee kneels toward Mecca and prays five times a  day.
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A creative peace offering has been met with renewed violence in the troubled south of Thailand. Hours after 50 Thai army planes dropped some 100 million Japanese-style origami cranes over the predominantly
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A massive airdrop of paper birds to promote peace failed to halt violence in Thailand&#39;s restive south, with a spate of new attacks targeting soldiers and local officials erupting on Monday.