Stay Away From ARMM Polls, MILF Orders Rebels, Supporters
Friday, July 04, 2008 08:55:07 AM

COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 4, 2008) – The Philippines’ largest Islamic separatist rebel group, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), ordered its forces to stay out of Filipino elections as campaign begins for the next month’s polls in the Muslim autonomous region.

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Hundreds Flee As Landslide Hit Zamboanga Village
Thursday, July 03, 2008 04:42:35 PM

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 3, 2008) – Hundreds of villagers were evacuated Thursday after a landslide hit a remote mountain village in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines, officials said.

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NPA Attacks Kill 3 In Mindanao
Thursday, July 03, 2008 04:41:27 PM

DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 3, 2008) – Three people were killed and over a dozen others injured in separate attacks on Thursday by communist insurgents in the southern Philippines, police and military said.

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Philippine Rebels Execute Christian Minister In Troubled South
Wednesday, July 02, 2008 07:55:03 PM

DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 2, 2008) – Communist insurgents executed a Christian minister they accused of aiding soldiers in anti-insurgency campaign in the southern Philippines, a regional army spokesman said on Wednesday.

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Indonesia Breaks Up Terror Cell: Threatswatch.Org
Thursday, July 03, 2008 09:51:10 AM

Indonesia’s elite anti-terror squad, Detachment 88, broke up a suspected terror cell on July 1 in south Sumatra and, according to local press reports, may have captured terror fugitive Mas Slamet Kastari.

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Sabah Welcomes Creation Of Mindanao Halal Forum: Bernama
Wednesday, July 02, 2008 08:54:22 PM

KOTA KINABALU (Bernama) - Sabah Assistant Minister of Industrial Development, Jainab Ahmad, has welcomed the establishment of a Mindanao Halal Forum within the Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-the Philippines East Asean Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA).

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US Army Report Blames Pentagon For Iraq Blunders: Arab News
Wednesday, July 02, 2008 09:22:34 AM

WASHINGTON: A new report by Army historians levels tough, candid criticism against Pentagon leadership for its failure to plan beyond the initial invasion of Iraq.

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