Thai PM in paper peace bid
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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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Millions of origami birds will be dropped on Thailand's south in a "peace bombing" to mark the king's birthday.
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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has warned that violence in the country&#39;s south could get worse. Mr Thaksin said suspected Muslim separatists wanted to provoke the government into over-reacting.
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Sport: Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra tables formal bid for Manchester City.
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Thai military and civilian aircraft rained 120 million paper doves down on Muslim southern provinces in a goodwill gesture, as Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra tries to ease violence that has killed 400 people.
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Ousted Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra says he is considering going home, but insists he will not return to politics.
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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has again ruled out negotiations with Muslim separatists in the south. In his weekly radio address, Mr Thaksin said he would not talk to militants trying to use violence to force his government to discuss secession.
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Thailand's military rulers, having successfully held power for more than a week, are now grappling with how to give it up, hinting Tuesday that a former army commander might be named the provisional prime minister,
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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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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra called for national reconciliation for the sake of the country&#039;s widely revered king, who was recovering from a fractured rib after a fall.
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Thailand's new civilian prime minister will have a free hand in running the country, its military leader said on Friday, trying to ease fears about the army casting its shadow over a return to democracy and beyond.
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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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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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Muslim separatists are intensifying violence in southern Thailand in hopes of a brutal government response that would boost foreign support for their aims, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Friday.
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BANGKOK, Thailand  -- Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said Tuesday he is willing to return to Thailand and act as an adviser to allies leading the political party that won the country's first elections since his ouster in a 2006 military coup.
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Thailand's new prime minister started work on Monday with pledges to focus on national reconciliation and "people's happiness" in the wake of last month's military coup against Thaksin Shinawatra.
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Exiled former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra urged his stunned supporters on Thursday to accept the dissolution of their party and the political banishment of its leaders which threaten more turmoil.