A Muslim family sits along Sungei Golok river bank while waiting for a boat, at Malaysia's border town of Rantau Panjang, Malaysia's northeast state of Kelantan, in this September 18, 2009 file photo. A bloody separatist conflict in southern Thailand that pits Malay Muslims against the Thai majority is stirring concerns in Malaysia and has the potential to inflame tensions with Bangkok. The decades-old separatist conflict that has killed 3,600 since it flared into violence in 2004 remains a local phenomenon at the moment, conducted by shadowy groups with few outside links. REUTERS/Zainal Abd Halim/Files (MALAYSIA POLITICS CONFLICT SOCIETY RELIGION)
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