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Chalerm picks advisory group 'tied to rebels'
Post Reporters, Published on 19/02/2013
» Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung has appointed nine members of the Wadah group as his advisers on the deep South.
US gun sales soar as owners fear new regulations
AFP, Published on 25/12/2012
» US firearm sales have sky-rocketed since the Newtown school massacre, as debate over gun control rages and enthusiasts fear certain assault weapons and high-capacity magazines could be banned.
US lobby issues point-blank 'no' on gun control
AFP, Published on 24/12/2012
» The most powerful gun lobby in the United States ruled out Sunday any support for greater regulation of firearms or ammunition magazines in the wake of the Sandy Hook school massacre.
Syria army steps up operations in Aleppo, Damascus
AFP, Published on 03/10/2012
» Syria's army rained shells on rebel bastions in and around Damascus Tuesday and sent extra troops to second city Aleppo, as a watchdog said the death toll from 18 months of violence now topped 31,000.
25 killed in blast in Turkey
AFP, Published on 06/09/2012
» Twenty-five soldiers were killed and four were lightly wounded in an explosion at a military ammunition storage in western Turkey, the army announced on Thursday.
Militant shot dead, soldiers survive bombing, in Yala
Online Reporters, Published on 24/08/2012
» A militant was shot dead in an armed clash with a joint police-military unit in Yala’s Raman district on Friday morning, and soldiers emerged unscathed from a bomb explosion, police said.
Surge in unrest leads Yutthasak to pay visit
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/08/2012
» Deputy Prime Minister Yutthasak Sasiprapa will today lead a high-level delegation to the restive South and lay down policy for handling the recent upsurge in violence.
Bus breakdown reveals weapons smuggling
Jon Fernquest, Published on 06/08/2012
» Bus breaks down, passengers leave bus, then discovery of military weapon cache of a mystery passenger with military-style haircut in the bus.
Hostage-taker kills four in German apartment siege
AFP, Published on 04/07/2012
» A jobless man armed with guns and grenades shot dead four hostages and then himself Wednesday in a four-hour siege at a German apartment he was being evicted from, police said.
The ugly face behind 'open' Myanmar's charm offensive
Spectrum, Phil Thornton, Published on 03/06/2012
» Moon Nay Li is adamant that despite all the talk of reforms there's still no rule of law to protect civilians in Myanmar. To prove her point she spreads a layer of detailed humanitarian reports, grisly photographs of dead children and single page testimonies that document the injuries, rapes, sexual abuse and tortures inflicted by the Myanmar army on civilians in Kachin State in recent months.