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For decades it has been the Muslims of southern Thailand?one of the country's poorest regions?who have felt marginalized and persecuted. Although they form the majority here, they own less than 30% of the region's businesses. Unemployment forces tens of thousands of men across the border to...
That was the start of an eight-day ordeal for Teh, who stops to compose himself when he tells his story. Teh was taken to what he believes was a part of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, then moved from one jungle clearing to the next each night, and hidden...
Kidnappings like Teh's have spread fear in his fishing village of Kuala Sepetang, which is about 200 km north of Kuala Lumpur. "This is the first time one of our fishermen was taken," says local politician Chua Tiong San. "It's like having a baby snatched from the front...
The 41st President once summed up the core of his equilibrium, which he pretty well maintained in his 40 years of public service, in the following way: "You, old fella, are the luckiest man in the entire world. You have a great wife, five wonderful children and 14 grandkids, all...
As the reality of their situation set in, the men started to despair. They began to take chances they knew could result in death. One day, for example, they went looking in the attic for electrical insulators to weigh down a fishing net they were surreptitiously making to help boost...