Time bomb rocks southern Thai city

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SEPARATISTS BLAMED: The explosion occurred near where officials were discussing the violence in Muslim-dominated provinces. Another time bomb was found nearby

AP AND DPA , BANGKOK
Wednesday, Mar 24, 2004,Page 5

A time bomb exploded near a city hall in southern Thailand where the interior and defense ministers were meeting with police officials yesterday, while a policeman was fatally shot in spiraling violence in the Muslim-dominated region, officials said.

At least one person was injured in the explosion.

The policeman's death raised to at least 54 the number of people killed in ambushes and hit-and-run attacks this year in the three southern provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala -- the only Muslim majority region in this predominantly Buddhist country.

No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks, but the government blames them on Islamic separatists reviving a decades-old independence campaign for the region, which borders Islamic Malaysia.

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I don't get how the media chooses to say a group is a terrorist, separatist, rebel, freedom fighter... and why do the say what the group wants sometimes and not all of the time?