FOUR THAI RANGERS KILLED BY BOMB IN RESTIVE SOUTH

BANGKOK: Four Thai army rangers were shot dead in an ambush after a roadside bomb toppled their truck in Thailand’s insurgency-plagued south on Thursday, police said, the latest rebel attack to undermine already stagnant peace talks. The Muslim-majority border region has seethed with violence for over a decade as ethnic Malay insurgents battle the Buddhist-majority state for more autonomy. Near daily shooting and bomb attacks have claimed more than 6,800 lives since 2004, with both sides accused of rights abuses and atrocities.