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Muslims Murder Mother and 14 Year Old Daughter
A Thai mother and her teenage daughter have been murdered in Pattani in what police consider was an act of reprisal for the latest killings of several insurgent leaders by Thai security forces.
Rattana Daengprathet, 44, and her daughter, Chiraphan, 14, were shot by two gunmen yesterday as they [...]

Teachers Fed Up With Killings
Thailand’s Confederation of Teachers in the southern border provinces on Tuesday demanded that the government to increase security for teachers.
The request was made after Samrit Panthadet, 52, an instructor of Bango Yimeng School in Kapho area of Pattani, was shot dead and his body set aflame.
The homicide happened on Monday [...]

Teacher shot and Burned
A Thai school teacher was shot to death and his body set ablaze by an unknown number of attackers in Tambon Plong Hoi of Pattani’s Kapho district on Monday afternoon.
Police said Samrit Panthadet, 51, a teacher of Bango Yuebang School in Kapho was returning to his house on his motorbike when the [...]

Divining Rod Device Still in Use in Southern Thailand
The GT200 bomb detector which is nothing but a divining rod device that includes a handle, no power supply, a moving antenna like rod, and functionless cards similar to credit cards containing useless tiny electronic parts is currently still in use in southern Thailand after the Thai [...]

Soldiers Hurt in Bomb Ambush
Six Thai soldiers were wounded when insurgents exploded a roadside homemade bomb in a surprise ambush Sunday morning.
The blast occurred around 8:10 am on the Kuchingluepa - Sipo road in Rangae district.
Police announced that the six soldiers from the Narathiwat Taskforce 38 were on patrol in a pick-up truck when insurgents [...]

Man Burned Alive in Southern Thailand by Islamic Insurgents
A motorcycle mechanic in southern Thailand has been shot and burned to death in his repair shop by men suspected of being Islamic insurgents.
He was then set on fire. Burning people alive is a common Islamic practice in Pakistan, but is new in Thailand. The victim is [...]

Abhisit Opens ASEAN Conference
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva says that Asean leaders must focus their efforts to make the proposed Southeast Asia economic area a reality by 2015,
In addressing the opening formal procedure of the Asean summit yesterday, Mr Abhisit robustly upheld the role of the Asean secretary-general in conveying pressing issues to the notice of [...]

“Merchant of Death” May Be Set Free in thailand
A higher-ranking Thai prosecutor rebuffed demands from Washington Thursday over its attempts to extradite Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, sometimes known as the “Merchant of Death”.
The Thai appeals court is considering moves by the Thai government in opposition to the criminal court’s ruling in August that Bout [...]

Bombing in Yala
A bomb went off at a busy market in the southern province of Yala on Monday injuring twenty-four people, together with three soldiers.
Police said the explosive contrivance was hidden in a motorcycle that was parked in front of the marketplace in the town. It exploded about 7.30am when local inhabitants were shopping for [...]