Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani have a dominant Muslim population and have long complained of neglect and discrimination in the largely Buddhist nation.

亚拉、那拉提瓦和北大年都是穆斯林人口占主导地位的地区，他们一直抱怨在这个以佛教为主的国家受到忽视和歧视。

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In the case of Yala and AX, they are situated on lower elevation (altitudes), therefore shrinkage was accelerated.

Yala和AX冰川的情况是，它们处于比较低的海拔高度，因此消融速度加快。

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We'll be looking at someone with a little more job experience: Yala Santos is an HR specialist who is working in a manufacturing company.

来看下工作经验稍多的人。Yala Santos是一家制造工厂的人事专家。

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While Thailand's population is Buddhist,most people in the provinces of Yala,Narathiwat, Pattani and Songkhla are Muslim.

VOA: standard.2009.08.31

Though Mr.Yala is from the country's ethnic majority, which has long controlled the military, he was toppled in a 2003 coup before unilaterally declaring himself president and temporarily seizing the presidential palace in 2005.

VOA: standard.2009.07.26

Yala Deputy Governor Krisada Boonrath, who has had staff killed by insurgents, wants to reduce the weapons in the province, although he says he has not yet seen a problem from the number of guns there.

VOA: standard.2009.08.31

On Sunday five soldiers were killed by suspected militants in a bomb attack in Yala, a neighbouring province.

BBC: Militants killed in southern Thailand attack

The three provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat once formed the heart of an independent Malay Muslim sultanate.

ECONOMIST: But at last the government is listening

The three southern provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat were annexed to Siam, as Thailand was then known, more than a century ago.

BBC: Militants killed in southern Thailand attack