This unfortunate Thailand bomb squad officer approached a bomb-rigged car in Narathiwat province after a second car, three yards away had detonated, wounding a soldier. But just before the officer could reach the vehicle it erupted.
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As India grapples with a raging Maoist insurgency, it could take a leaf or two from Thailand's "soft power" approach aimed at dealing with the unrest in its three Muslim-dominated restive provinces.
More than 880 people have been killed since January last year when a resurgent separatist movement in the country's three predominantly Muslim provinces bordering Malaysia resumed a campaign of bombings and killings.