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1. News - Asia - PHILIPPINES

   Games to replace war for Philippine leader’s visit

   Posted Feb 10th 2013, 05:28pm by AFP

   ... motorboats will also welcome Aquino on Monday when he visits the outskirts of the main base of the 12,000-member Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in the country’s south. Aquino and MILF chairman ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1147459/games-replace-war-philippine-leaders-visit
2. News - Asia - PHILIPPINES

   Aquino wants Mindanao peace talks speeded up

   Posted Feb 12th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... intention to improve the lives of the Muslim minority in the largely Christian nation. In the first presidential visit to the outskirts of the main camp of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1148228/aquino-wants-mindanao-peace-talks-speeded
3. News - Asia - PHILIPPINES

   Philippines, Muslim rebels sign landmark peace pact

   Posted Oct 15th 2012, 12:53pm by Agence France-Presse in Manila

   ... begun. President Benigno Aquino and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) chief Murad Ebrahim witnessed the signing of the accord, which aims for a final peace pact by 2016, in a landmark ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1061575/philippines-signs-landmark-peace-pact-muslim-rebels
4. News - Asia - PHILIPPINES

   Philippine rebel chief in historic peace trip

   Posted Oct 14th 2012, 04:07pm by Agence France-Presse in Manila

   ... Liberation Front (MILF) chief Murad Ebrahim and other senior  rebel figures emerged from their remote bases in the country’s south to oversee  the signing of an accord on Monday that outlines ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1060929/philippine-rebel-chief-historic-peace-trip
5. News - Asia - PHILIPPINES

   Timeline: Long road for Philippine-Muslim rebel group deal

   Posted Oct 07th 2012, 04:34pm by Agence France-Presse in Manila

   ... for an independent Islamic state. 1981: Salamat and Murad Ebrahim, another prominent rebel commander and hardliner, form the MILF. 1986: Marcos is toppled in a “people power” revolution ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1055928/timeline-long-road-philippine-muslim-rebel-group-deal
6. News - Asia - PHILIPPINES

   Philippine Muslim rebels want to keep guns

   Posted Oct 12th 2012, 05:23pm by Agence France-Presse in Sultan Kudarat, Philippines

   ... will not agree. That is like full surrender,” Ganalan told reporters from inside Camp Darapanan, the MILF’s administrative headquarters, when asked whether he would lay down his weapons as part of a peace ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1059629/philippine-muslim-rebels-want-keep-guns
7. News - Asia - PHILIPPINES

   Philippines, Moro Islamic Liberation Front separatists agree on peace deal

   Posted Oct 08th 2012, 12:00am by AFP

   ... Jaafar, MILF vice-chairman for political affairs. The two sides said they were aiming for a final peace deal to be achieved before the president's term ends in the middle of 2016. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1056093/philippines-moro-islamic-liberation-front-separatists-agree-peace-deal
8. News - Asia - ISLAMIC MILITANCY

   Jihadi says Sabah state is Malaysia's soft spot

   Posted Mar 25th 2013, 12:00am by Amy Chew

   ... Fauzi also fought with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), a Philippine separatist group, from 1994 to 1997 and again from 2002 to 2006. He is familiar with the militants involved in the Sabah conflict, whom he described as battle-hardened and highly experienced in jungle warfare. "Many of the armed men in Sabah are from MILF, MNLF [Moro National Liberation Front] and Abu ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1198945/jihadi-says-sabah-state-malaysias-soft-spot
9. News - Asia - PHILIPPINES: ANALYSIS

   A long way still to go on the path to peace

   Posted Oct 09th 2012, 12:00am by AFP

   ... Research. "Meeting the deadline of 2016 will be difficult … the hardest part of the negotiations has only begun." The MILF and other Muslim organisations regard the southern region ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1056564/long-way-still-go-path-peace
10. News - Asia - PHILIPPINES

    UN praises Philippines-Muslim rebel peace deal

    Posted Oct 09th 2012, 09:43am by Agence France-Presse at the United Nations

    ... as the commitment of the MILF leadership, in reaching this landmark achievement,” according to a UN statement. The secretary general expressed “his heartfelt wishes for peace and prosperity to the government and the people of the Philippines,” and in particular the people in the new semi-autonomous region, called Bangsamoro. Mindanao served as a base for the MILF, the biggest and most ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1056819/un-praises-philippines-muslim-rebel-peace-deal

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