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Curfew planned for deep South
News, Post Reporters, Published on 03/08/2012
» Authorities are planning to impose a curfew in the deep South to curb the escalating violence, amid mounting concerns over the impact it is having on the region's economy.
Business districts get security boost
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 02/08/2012
» The army has stepped up security to the maximum level in seven business districts in the far South following the bomb attack at a luxury hotel in Pattani on Tuesday.
Sukumpol: South soldiers overworked
Wassana Nanuam, Published on 01/08/2012
» The army is now overburdened with responsibilities in the far South and this weakness needs to be addressed and eliminated, Defence Minister Sukumpol Suwanatat said on Tuesday.
Police 'shoot on sight' order as India toll rises to 22
AFP, Published on 24/07/2012
» New clashes took the death toll from ethnic violence in India's remote northeast to 22 on Tuesday despite an official curfew backed by shoot-on-sight orders, police said.
30,000 flee clashes in northeast India: police
AFP, Published on 23/07/2012
» Police issued shoot-on-sight orders on Monday in a bid to quell violent clashes in India's remote northeast that have prompted thousands of villagers to flee their homes and left 19 dead.
Burqa-clad Taliban storm Pakistan police station
AFP, Published on 16/07/2012
» Taliban suicide bombers dressed in burqas stormed a Pakistani police station on Monday, sparking gunbattles in the northwestern town of Bannu near the militant stronghold of North Waziristan, officials said.
Iraq attacks kill 36 ahead of Shiite rituals
AFP, Published on 03/07/2012
» A truck bomb blamed on Al-Qaeda killed 25 people at a crowded market in central Iraq on Tuesday while attacks elsewhere claimed 11 lives, the latest victims of a spike in nationwide unrest.
Murray beats curfew, Cilic wins second longest match
AFP, Published on 30/06/2012
» Andy Murray reached the Wimbledon fourth round on Saturday with a 7-5, 3-6, 7-5, 6-1 win over Marcos Baghdatis in a match which finished just past the 11:00pm Centre Court curfew.
Myanmar, Bangladesh leaders 'to discuss Rohingya'
AFP, Published on 26/06/2012
» The leaders of Myanmar and Bangladesh will discuss the issue of Rohingya refugees and related unrest near their shared border next month, Bangladesh's ambassador in Rangoon said Monday.
Why is western Myanmar burning?
News, Published on 22/06/2012
» Western Myanmar is burning. Why is it burning? One initial incident, of course: On May 28, a 26-year-old Rakhine woman called Thida Htwe was raped and murdered, allegedly by three young Rohingya Muslim men, in mainly Buddhist Rakhine state.