Armed forces looking for fresh avenues to peace, including talks, in bid to end bloodshed
Move seen as further step toward full free-trade agreement between US, ASEAN states
Spokesman says it would be up to incoming civilian government to decide when to lift restrictions
But Cabinet agrees to maintain tight control in areas viewed as unstable or strongholds of former prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra
Allegations come as 6,000 Hmong have fled to Thailand, set up camp in central Petchabun province
Thai Foreign Minister Kanthathi Suphamongkhon says delegates at OIC meeting in Azerbaijan merely concerned about recent rash of bombings
Kantathi Suphamongkhon expresses ASEAN's increasing disappointment over slow pace of movement towards democracy
Police say officers were escorting group of teachers to school when bomb exploded in Narathiwat
United Nations officials say step will severely hurt UN's AIDs operations in country
Singapore legislators' Burma caucus ramps up pressure on military government in Rangoon to change, or back away from ASEAN leadership
Country, which agreed to step back from taking up chairmanship of association in 2006, remains thorn in side of group
Jet fuel generally accounts for about 40 percent of costs for discount carriers - an industry where competition is fierce
Health ministry says generic versions of drugs, produced in Thailand, will be made available to some 500,000 people under national heal
Diplomats say delegation's early departure followed its failure to meet military government's leader, Senior General Than Shwe
Emergency meeting of executive council drafted 'Phuket Action Plan' to protect tourism jobs, support smaller tourism operations
More than 1,000 people have died in past 21 months as violence in Thailand's troubled south continues unabated
Delegates recognize such crimes can no longer be fought effectively by nations working alone
Refusal comes as foreign ministers of Association of Southeast Asian Nations prepare to discuss whether to deny Burma its turn next yea
Burma scheduled to take chair of ASEAN in 2006; some members say it should be prevented from leading organization if it does not carry
Indian Ocean governments scrambled, improvised, managed to warn their most vulnerable citizens of possible tsunami after Monday's earth
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