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...Until now, few believed there were enough armed insurgents in the south to wreak such chaos. The fervor for separatism has waned since its peak in the 1970s and 1980s, when Islamic militants waged a bloody struggle against the Buddhist-dominated central government. But a senior Thai security official in the south told TIME that the past few years have seen a resurgence in militant Islam among the country's impoverished youth. This time, he believes, their fight is for a more grandiose cause. "[They are] in line with the global jihad... These kids have watched the war in Afghanistan...
...Similarly unclear is the extent to which G.M.I.P.'s members, estimated to number more than 150, have received assistance from local Islamic radicals in northern Malaysia or from JI and al-Qaeda. Thai officials suspect the professionalism of G.M.I.P.'s latest attacks suggests that they have received training from foreign militants. But Andrew Tan, a terrorism expert at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University, argues that the recent violence is most likely a local affair: "This is just the latest in a long line of bombings, assassinations, arms robberies and school burnings that have been going on since...
...island of Phuket for a thrifty $23.50, less than a third of the Malaysian Airlines fare. Next month, the airline founded by a former music executive will start service between the southern Malaysian border city Johor Baharu and Bangkok for about $26 a seat; plans are afoot to offer Thai domestic connections as well. But don't expect a morsel to eat or a refund if you miss the plane. Meanwhile, Orient Thai Airlines has launched flights from Bangkok to Chiang Mai, with similar no-frills service, and fares about 30% lower than Thai Airways'. The Thai government's move...
...annual expenses. And India's electrical grid is so unreliable that most manufacturing companies have to produce their own power by purchasing generators and the fuel to run them. The cost of electricity for Indian tech companies is twice as high as it is for their Thai or Indonesian counterparts. "Over a period, we are eroding our competitive advantage," says Raman Roy, managing director of Wipro Spectramind, one of India's leading call-center operators...
...DIED. KRIANGSAK CHOMANAN, 86, Thai general and Prime Minister from 1977-80 who set up a timetable for democratization, including 1979 parliamentary elections, but fell from grace after being linked to a 1985 coup attempt; in Bangkok. Kriangsak offered amnesty to students and intellectuals who went into hiding during earlier crackdowns on a communist insurgency, and his more tolerant approach is credited with healing divisions in Thai society...