In south Thailand, football bridges religious divide DAWN.com Players of the Pattani FC football club (yellow jerseys) and Narathiwat FC team vie for the ball during a match at the Rainbow stadium in Pattani, in Thailand's troubled south. – Photo by AFP PATTANI: A shared passion for football is uniting Buddhists ...
Calm prevails in Thailand, though divisions remain, 2 years after violent ... Washington Post BANGKOK — Just two years ago, Thailand was at war with itself. Rifle shots and exploding grenades rang out in Bangkok as troops crushed through barricades to disperse a nine-week-old insurrection. A retired nurse was the last to capitulate.