Map of Thailand’s Southern Border Provinces . Reproduced from “The Power of Reconciliation: Report of the National Reconciliation Commission,” March 2004.

The Financial Times is reporting that Iraq’s oil-rich southern provinces are considering plans to set up an autonomous region. The move could threaten Iraq’s unity and present the Bush ...

Chile's Lower House Monday passed 73 votes in favor, 41 against, and five abstentions the renewal of the State of Exception in four southern provinces in the Bíobio and La Araucanía regions.