Bloomberg.com: Top Worldwide: "Thailand Drops Millions of Paper Doves on Muslim Provinces
Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- 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.
The birds, folded according to the Japanese art of origami, were dropped on Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala, the three Muslim- dominated provinces in the mainly Buddhist nation. Violence has escalated after 78 protesters crammed into military trucks died of suffocation on Oct. 25."
Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- 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.
The birds, folded according to the Japanese art of origami, were dropped on Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala, the three Muslim- dominated provinces in the mainly Buddhist nation. Violence has escalated after 78 protesters crammed into military trucks died of suffocation on Oct. 25."
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