Is there anyone among the lead pack of candidates capable of standing up to the pressure that is expected to be exerted on the next president of the country [the Philippines] on this issue, assuming we do have elections and change in 2010.

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The [Philippines] chalked up another dismal world record yesterday after a United Nations-backed report stated the biggest number of internally displaced people last year was in the country where an estimated 600,000 Filipinos fled fighting between the government and a break-away …

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The European Parliament (EU) castigated the government of Philippine President Gloria Arroyo for denying and failing to address human rights violations in her country, including abductions and extrajudicial killings.

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Philippine Muslim rebels recently shot down a US spy drone flying inside their territory in the restive southern region of Mindanao, where American forces are aiding local troops in fighting separatist and communist insurgents.

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KORONADAL CITY—The military is bracing for more violence in conflict areas in Mindanao as a result of the Supreme Court ruling declaring the memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain (MOA-AD) unconstitutional.

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KORONADAL CITY - Suspected Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels torched a day care center and attacked two villages in Sarangani province. Two villagers, identified as Gloria Barrientos and Jupiter Piquero, were hurt in the attack.

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The GOP sure knows its base, you gotta hand it to them. A little digging by Govgap.com reveals that www.votefortheMILF.com links directly back to JohnMcCain.com, then on to Sarah Palin's page and a video message.

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There has been plenty of commentary about what Governor Sarah Palin's hotness factor brings to the McCain-Palin ticket, but thus far the RNC has kept the dialogue on a professional level. Until it was discovered yesterday that the McCain campaign owns voteforthemilf.com.

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The leader of Southeast Asia's biggest separatist group based in the southern Philippines has warned of escalating conflict if they are forced to defend themselves against an expanding government offensive.

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Former Defense Secretary Avelino Cruz disclosed a mouthful during his ANC TV interview, apart from issuing a warning to citizens to be vigilant over a probable imposition by Gloria Arroyo of emergency rule, justifying this as the fierce fighting in Mindanano...

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"A Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain had been drawn up, extending the land area to be administered by autonomous Muslim leaders. Mediators had helped maintain a ceasefire; a compromise definition of the eternally sticky concept of Ancestral Domain appeared possible.

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One night, my husband came home from a dinner with some newly acquired friends and announced that he had learned a new word-or acronym, to be precise. The word-which, it turns out, was popularized by the movie American Pie -was "MILF," and it stands for "Mother I'd Like to @!$%#."

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The Government of the Philippines has scrapped negotiations with the country's largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).

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Let Filipinos solve their own problems, former President Joseph Estrada said in reaction to the calls of Ambassador Kristie Kenney for a renegotiation between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the government on the aborted Bangsamoro agreement.

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Former President Joseph Estrada revealed last Friday that Rodolfo Lozada Jr., the Senate's star witness in the cancelled national broadband network (NBN) deal with ZTE Corp.

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Opposition senators Sunday called on the United States, Malaysia and other countries pushing for a peace pact creating an expanded Moro homeland to spell out their motives in endorsing the controversial memorandum of agreement (MOA).

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There is hardly any doubt among Filipinos that the United States and Malaysia, not to mention several Islamic countries, are pressuring the Arroyo government to give in to the demands of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front — not because these foreign governments truly want peace  …

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MANILA: A Muslim rebel commander behind deadly raids in the southern Philippines on Wednesday declared an "all-out war" against the government, saying his fighters were willing to die in battle. Abdurahman Macapaar of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), also known as Co …

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"Muslim separatist rebels left a string of corpses and burning homes after a series of pre-dawn attacks yesterday on towns in the southern Philippines

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"Philippine troops on Monday retook several southern towns where Muslim rebels killed at least 26 people earlier in the day

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Charter change is again in the headlines [in the Philippines], with Gloria Arroyo batting for a shift to federalism, saying this is the path toward peace in Mindanao and the solution to the decades-long Muslim problem.

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The MILF, the largest rebel group in the Philippines, has hinted on several occasions that it has been approached by undisclosed US authorities about the possibility of establishing US military bases in MILF-controlled territory as part of a final peace deal.

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In the controversy surrounding the Memorandum of Agreement between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, many are concerned about the undue interest of the United States as shown by the presence of Ambassador Kristie Kenney in Kuala Lumpur in the aborte …

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I vehemently oppose the call of Senators Rodolfo Biazon and Mar Roxas and Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay for former Armed Forces Chief Hermogenes Esperon to resign as presidential adviser for the peace process.

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The Philippine opposition suspects Gloria Arroyo is pushing for a piecemeal political settlement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in order to pursue her agenda of staying in power beyond 2010 through Charter change.

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