Muslim insurgents disguised as paramilitary rangers have attacked troops protecting a school in southern Thailand, killing four soldiers and wounding two more, police said.

The Thai government today extended for three months a state of emergency in the capital and 18 provinces in the wake of bloody, anti-government demonstrations which pushed the country close to chaos.

Thailand moved today to close a refugee camp and send 4,000 ethnic Hmong back to Laos, despite concerns about their safety.

BURMA’S ruling generals said yesterday there was a “massive turnout” in their national referendum, held despite pleas to devote their resources to saving more than a million cyclone victims.

BURMA’S ruling generals said yesterday there was a “massive turnout” in their national referendum, held despite pleas to devote their resources to saving more than a million cyclone victims.