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Some are already calling it war, a brutal Muslim separatist insurgency in southern Thailand that has taken as many as 2,000 lives in three years, with almost- daily bombings, drive-by shootings, arson and beheadings.
It is a conflict the government admits it is losing. A harsh crackdown and martial law in recent years seem only to have fueled the insurgency, generating fear and anger and undermining moderate Muslim voices.
A new policy of conciliation pursued by Thailand's junta since it took power in a coup five months ago has been met...
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Valmort 2 years 3 months ago
Yesterday, a man was arrested in Thailand on sex charges unrelated to the JonBenet Ramsey case. This morning the man, John Mark Karr, has confessed to murdering her and claims it was an accident. He also told investigators that he was in love with her.
"I was with JonBenet when she died," suspect John Mark Karr, 41, told reporters in Bangkok. "I loved JonBenet, and she died accidentally."
Asked by a reporter if he was an innocent man, Karr replied, "No."
Karr's arrest Wednesday came nearly a decade after the 6-year-old girl's body...
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Valmort 2 years 3 months ago
Man arrested in Thailand is being held in connection with the slaying of JonBenet Ramsey, U.S. officials said Wednesday.
Federal officials familiar with the case, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the man was being held in Bangkok on unrelated sex charges.
The suspect was detained in Bangkok on Wednesday morning, and was going to be brought to the U.S. within the next two days by a Boulder County district attorney investigator.
JonBenet was found beaten and strangled in the basement of the family’s home in Boulder, Colo.,...
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