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Published Wed, Dec 28, 2016 · 09:50 PM

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    Sungai Kolok, Thailand

    FOR passengers on the 12.33am train from the Thai town of Hat Yai to Sungai Kolok, god and good luck are touchstones for survival.

    So far this year the railway, which cuts through Thailand's insurgency-riddled "Deep South", has been blown up three times by Malay-Muslim separatist rebels.

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