'Open-ended ordeal' for Filipino Muslims
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06 Mar 2006: SULU, Philippines - About 5,500 US soldiers are coming to the Philippines this month, the latest and reportedly the largest batch in the continuing and uninterrupted deployment of US troops to the country since the "global war on terror" was launchedRebels seek alliance for coup
25 Dec 2005: Communist guerrillas in the Philippines have said they are open to joining forces with disaffected military and police units to topple Gloria Arroyo, the country's president. The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), which rejected a ChristmasProtesters urge Philippine leader to quit
07 Sep 2005: Philippine opposition groups have rallied in the capital to seek President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's ouster, a day after her allies in Congress threw out an impeachment attempt. About 8000 protesters led by the opposition Solidarity Movement on WednesdaySupport for Philippine President Crumbles
08 Jul 2005: MANILA, Philippines -- Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's presidency was in tatters Friday, her base of support eroding by the hour, as former backers abandoned the Philippine leader and added to calls for her resignation over an election scandal. But in a radio'Cheater' Arroyo faces people's wrath
03 Jul 2005: By Johanna Son MANILA - When rumors of a coup and a popular revolt rise in the Philippines, protest rallies begin, the currency stumbles and the distribution of political jokes through mobile phones reaches a peak, it can only mean one thing: a politicalStand-off over Philippine tapes
13 Jun 2005: Monday, 13 June, 2005 Troops have surrounded a seminary in Manila which is sheltering a former intelligence officer who claims to have evidence of presidential corruption. Samuel Ong says he has copies of tapes in which a woman he says is President GloriaFighting Rages in Mindanao, Civilians Take Brunt
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09 Feb 2005: 2/9/2005 3:00:00 PM GMT Source: bloomberg.com The Philippine Daily Inquirer reported the Southern Command Chief Alberto Braganza has said the country's military will bomb Muslim rebel positions in the southern island of Jolo. The escalation by thePrayer room for Filipino Muslims now open in San Juan
01 Feb 2005: 2/1/2005 3:00:00 PM GMT Source: news.inq7.net An air-conditioned prayer room is now open for Muslims in the Philippines at the Greenhills Shopping Center in San Juan. The building of the prayer room is located in front of the OB Montessori School and thePhilippines protests U.S. maltreatment of Filipino sailors
30 Jan 2005: 1/31/2005 12:00:00 PM GMT The Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) protested on Monday the ill treatment of 13 Filipino sailors by the U.S. authorities. The DFA said that the thirteen sailors worked on the American MV Katerina ship. It addedUS Spies in Mindanao Anger Filipino Senates
30 Jan 2005: By Rexcel Sorza, IOL Correspondent ILOILO CITY, Philippines, January 31 (IslamOnline.net) Members of the Philippine Senate asked for an investigation into the presence of American spies in the southern island of Mindanao, which was confirmed by theslashnews
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