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Update: Five die in South violence

(Agencies) - Insurgents killed five people in separate shootings in Thailand's restive Muslim-majority south, police said Saturday. ...full story at Bangkok Post

from Bangkok Post on Sat, Jun 16 2007

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08 Jun 07 visit Violence in Thailand's Muslim South Intensifies - VOA Story  »  YouTube videoIn Thailand's Muslim-dominated south, an increasingly violent insurgency is breeding fear and mistrust among neighbors, and government efforts to bring peace have made little progress. More than 2,000 people have died since a Muslim insurgency flared up...
24 Nov 07 visit Three killed by southern insurgents  »  Bangkok Post Separatist insurgents shot and killed three more people in Thailand's Muslim-majority south, where violence in a separatist insurgency has flared this month, police said on Saturday.
29 Apr 07 visit Muslims protests block South roads  »  Bangkok Post Pattani (Agencies) - Angry Muslim villagers blockaded a road in Thailand's restive deep south for several hours on Sunday to protest the killing of a religious leader in a grenade attack on a mosque.
06 May 07 visit Military wants B110 mln more for South  »  Bangkok Post (TNA) - In an attempt to end the violence in Thailand's restive South through a reconciliatory approach, the Ministry of Culture is asking for a budget of about Bt110 million for seven major projects in the Muslim-dominant region, a senior ministry...
14 Jul 07 visit PM: Insurgents' acts decreases in South  »  Bangkok Post (BangkokPost.com) - Number of attacks on innocent people staged by insurgents in the deep South has gone down, Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said Saturday.
03 Jul 08 visit Malaysia to help Thailand solve southern violence  »  Bangkok Post Visiting Malaysian Foreign Minister Rais Yatim on Wednesday pledged that his government would continue to assist Thailand in solving the continuing violence which has rocked Thailand's Muslim-majority South more than four years, said Thai Deputy Prime...

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