Thai PM Defiant Amid Anger Over Deaths
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Facing harsh denunciation from Islamic leaders across Southeast Asia, Thailand&#39;s prime minister defended his security forces Wednesday in the deaths of 78 young Muslims
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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra promised today to find the truth behind the deaths of nearly 80 Muslims in army custody this week, and punish any &#39;&#39;wrongdoers&#39;&#39; with the full force of the law.
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PATTANI, Thailand  - Bomb blasts rocked southern  Thailand on Friday as Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra  promised to get to the bottom of the deaths of 78 Muslims in  military custody and punish any "wrongdoers."
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Despite an expression of regret to parliament, Thaksin rebuffed criticism of his attitude to human rights. volatile south bringing the total death toll after a protest outside a police station on Monday to 85.
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Thailand's PM says senior officials' negligance led to the deaths in custody of more than 80 Muslim protesters.
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Deposed Thai PM still wanted on corruption charges despite election victory by his allies, officials say
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Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson was defiant on Friday despite criticism his cabinet reacted too slowly to the Asian tsunami that may have killed more than 1,000 Swedes.
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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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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said here on Friday evening that Tak Bai incident in the country&#39;s southern Narathiwat Province has nothing to do with religion, but a matter of law and order.
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Thailand's military-installed government offered Saturday to negotiate with ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra over his recently frozen assets, as thousands of people protested in support of the former leader.
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Militants behind the ongoing violence in Thailand&#39;s Muslim-majority far south have been indoctrinated by extremists in nearby Indonesia, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said Saturday.
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Thai army chief and coup leader Sonthi Boonyaratglin denied rumors on Thursday that he was about to fire his appointed prime minister or impose martial law in the capital, to the relief of nervous stock market investors.
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Thailand's respected queen has made a rare public appeal for the nation to unite to end violence in the troubled Muslim-majority south where nearly 550 people have died this year.
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BANGKOK, Thailand -- In the dead of night and without firing a shot, Thailand's military overthrew popularly elected Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday after mounting criticism that he had undermined democracy.
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PATTANI, Thailand -- Facing harsh denunciation from Islamic leaders across Southeast Asia, Thailand's prime minister defended his security forces yesterday in the deaths of 78 young Muslims in army custody, maintaining troops used a ''soft approach&quot; in quelling a riot.
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A Thai official says at least 84 people have been killed in clashes between Thai security forces and Muslim protesters in the south of the country.
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Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson  was defiant on Friday despite criticism his cabinet reacted too  slowly to the Asian tsunami that may have killed more than  1,000 Swedes.