January 2005

 

First Week (January 1-7)

1. Eight hurt as cell phone triggers bomb
2. Yala schools to remain shut - Violent situation `too volatile' to reopen
3. Muslim Hats a Thriving Business

4. Muslim leaders, academics slam Thaksin govt's handling of insurgency
5. Violence doesn't spare even peace-loving Buddhist monks
6. Security Tight at Army Camp Hit By Rebels a Year Ago Today

7.  Army to begin job scheme for Muslim youths
8. Pattani schools reopen, but not Yala
9.
Special unit may run far South
10. Society shuns the violent few
11. Weapons raid remembered
12. Schools shut `indefinitely' across Yala - Decision comes after Monday arson attack
13. People, not force, will win this war
14. x-army man killed, fruit trees slashed

Second Week (January 8-14)

15. Railway crossing bomb seriously injures three
16.
Man on bike shot three times
17.
Army hopes unrest will ease after Aceh tragedy
18. School security guard shot dead in Yala
19. Fear mars campaigns in South
20. Police officer shot dead, five hurt by bomb
21. Police believed the shooting was the work of Muslim insurgents
22. Minister's police guard shot, bombs go off
23. New infantry division planned for deep South

Third Week (January 15-21)

24. Ustaz' arrested on treason charges
25. Phone bomb kills owner of Yala noodle shop, 47 hurt
26. Aceh rebel offer worth pondering
27.
Shootings, arson again daily events
28. Gunmen kill food shop owner, one customer seriously injured
29. Wongkot under fire in South
30.
Tools of terror are too available
31. Wongkot moved from post, admits he was in conflict with military
32. Krue Se mosque open again
33. Bomb defused at tea shop

Fourth Week (January 22-31)

34. Southern troops to vote in advance
35. Pub offers chance to forget world outside
36. Malaysian royal link `could help bring peace'
37. Najmuddin denies link to ambush of opponent
38. Pub offers chance to forget world outside
39. Policeman murdered in cold blood
40. Democrats woo voters with party's own bible
41. Extremists show their true nature
42. The South could do without more troops
43. Spike-sweeping vehicles for South
44. Top officers face Tak Bai inquiry
45. More deaths, injuries and rebel arson
46. PM confirms arrest of top rebel; Kuala Lumpur angry
47.
Abdullah: Top rebel suspect might not be handed over
48. Huge turnout expected in South
49. Academics: No party has clear plan to end unrest
50. Scouts drafted for troop drill
51. Top rebel's nationality gets thorough recheck
52. Shows to lure back visitors
53. Three phone booths torched in Yala
54. Carry weapons into booths for protection
55. Man shot dead; school, phone booths set ablaze