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Wednesday | Scoop

Thailand: Recommendations On The Justice System

Thursday, 19 November 2009, 1:05 pm Press Release: Asian Human Rights Commission November 17, 2009 Since three special laws have been enforced in the three Southern border provinces including the Martial Law Act B.E.2457 and the Emergency Decree on Government Administration in States of Emergency B.E. 2548 covering the provinces of Pattani, Yala ...

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

Kyodo News

6 insurgents killed by security forces in southern Thailand

Six insurgents were killed by Thai security forces in the restive southern province of Pattani on Tuesday, police said.

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Mon Nov 16, 2009

Asia Times

Missing the nuance in south Thailand

Page 1 of 2 Missing the nuance in south Thailand By Jason Johnson PATTANI - Since the dramatic upsurge of violence in the predominantly Muslim provinces of southern Thailand in 2004, many have simplified portrayals of the ethnic Malay Muslim population.

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Sun Nov 15, 2009

Time

Thailand: Aiming For Parity

Jiranan Phedsri confesses that she has "one true friend." The 51-year-old Thai housewife strokes the object of her affection, caressing its cool curves.

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NationMultimedia.com - National

Landslides latest threat in deluged deep South

An evacuation plan is underway until Monday for villagers in two tambons of Yala's Bannang Sata district because of a landslide threat; while Pattani province has declared Yaring district its ninth flood disaster zone.

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Fri Nov 13, 2009

NationMultimedia.com - Politics

Chavalit : the Master of intrigue

The Nation's Thanong Khanthong draws a parallel between court intrigue during the ancient times of Indian King Ajatashatru, a contemporary of the Buddha, and modern political scheming by the likes of General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh It merely took two strokes for General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh to win the heart of former PM Thaksin Shinawatra as well as ...

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Wed Nov 11, 2009

NationMultimedia.com - Opinion

Sound out public opinion on southern autonomy

The other side of the coin on the proposal to set up a "Pattani City" is that at least we are open to listen to the idea, although the idea may not be welcome in the first place.

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Mon Nov 09, 2009

Earth Times

15 people die in flooding in southern Thailand

Floods caused by heavy rains have claimed 15 lives in southern Thailand, officials said Monday.

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Sun Nov 08, 2009

NationMultimedia.com - National

Six killed as Floods wreak havoc in seven provinces

Flooding is hitting the deep South following several days of heavy rains, with six people drowning and hundreds of thousands of villagers in seven provinces affected.

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NationMultimedia.com - National

Chavalit heading south on his proposal for Deep South

Pheu Thai Party chairman Chavalit Yongchaiyudh on Tuesday began his visit to the Deep South even though his proposal for granting a form of self-rule, dubbed Nakhon Rat Pattani, drew a flak.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

Bangkok Post

Poll: Wide opposition to "Pattani City"

Nearly three-quarters of the people surveyed by Suan Dusit Poll were against the idea of establishing a semi-autonomous a oeNakhon Pattania in the far South, as proposed by opposition Puea Thai Party chairman Chavalit Yongchaiyudh.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

Bangkok Post

PM: No autonomy for South

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has told parliament that the government disagreed with the idea of establishing autonomous areas in lower South, as it was not a solution to the problem.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

Bangkok Post

Chavalit defends 'Pattani City' proposal

Puea Thai Party chairman Chavalit Yongchaiyudh has defended his proposed "Pattani City" model for the strife-torn southern border provinces.

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Fresno Bee

Police: Man makes up knife attack to miss work

Suspected Muslim insurgents shot and killed two Buddhist civilians in separate drive-by attacks in Thailand's insurgency-plagued south, police said Wednesday.

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Tue Nov 03, 2009

Bangkok Post

Suthep: Thailand can't be divided

Thailand is a single state and cannot be divided, so it was not possible to allow the three southernmost provinces to become autonomous areas, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said on Tuesday.

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Bangkok Post

P.Thai: Pattani City idea being distorted

The government is twisting and misrepresenting the proposal for a self-governing Pattani City in the far South as a step towards ending the insurgency, Puea Thai Party spokesman Prompong Nopparit complained on Tuesday.

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The Daily Star

Five Muslims killed in Thailand

Suspected Islamist insurgents shot dead five Muslims, mostly civilians, in a new spate of attacks across the troubled south of Thailand, police said Tuesday.

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Bangkok Post

Yala mayor opposes Pattani City idea

Puea Thai Party chairman Chavalit Yongchaiyudh's idea for an autonomous Pattani City was unlikely to end the continuing violence in the deep South, Yala Mayor Pongsak Yingchoncharoen said on Tuesday.

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Sun Nov 01, 2009

Bangkok Post

Railway union: Train safety first

The State Railway of Thailand labour union reiterated on Monday that safety must be fully ensured before train services to three southern border provinces can resume.

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Fri Oct 30, 2009

Bangkok Post

Chavalit to visit Pattani Nov 3

Gen Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, the Puea Thai Party chairman, will make a visit to Pattani province on Nov 3 to meet Muslim leaders and explore ways of solving insurgency problems, Puea Thai MP Paijit Sriworakhan said on Friday.

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