The brother of a Sudanese woman sentenced to death for refusing to recant her Christian faith after allegedly converting from Islam has said she should she be killed because his family are "Muslim people."

AROUND 50 Thai Air Force planes yesterday “bombed” the largely Muslim south with paper birds as a symbol of peace for the restive region where nearly 500 people have been killed since January.

A powerful bomb exploded at a busy morning market in Thailand’s troubled Muslim south today, killing one person and wounding at least 31 others, including schoolchildren, soldiers and police and swho were marching in a parade.