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| Jan.30 |
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US, Philippines joint military exercises Exercises, which will involve 650 US troops, signals a new phase in the war on international terrorism
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| Feb.15 |
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Boy dies in blast
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| Feb.21 |
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US helicopter crashed
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| Feb.23 |
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No survivors in US helicopter crash
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| Mar.17 |
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North Koreans set off for Seoul
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| Apr.21 |
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Blasts kill 14 The police linked the blasts to the Indigenous People's Federal Army
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Two arrested over blasts
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| Jun.7 |
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Hostages die in rescue bid| American Martin Burnham and Filipina nurse Ediborah Yap have been killed in a rescue attempt by the Philippine army | |
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| Jun.8 |
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Fight steps up after hostages die
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| Jun.17 |
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Indonesian sailors seized
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| Jun.20 |
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Abu Sayyaf leader shot and missing
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| Jun.25 |
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Rebel spy given $100,000
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| Jul.1 |
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Extra $10m to fight terror The United States will provide emergency money, which will be used for military services and equipment
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| Jul.22 |
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Police battle with protesters President Arroyo vowed to keep up the pressure on terrorists and kidnappers in her second state of the nation address
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| Jul.23 |
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Indictments against Abu Sayyaf members The United States charged five members of the extremist group in connection with the death of a U.S. missionary last month
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| Jul.29 |
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1,300 U.S. troops begin pull-out Special Forces trainers and military engineers are wrapping up a 6-month training program to help combat terrorism
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| Aug.20 |
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8 kidnapped on Jolo 5 men and 3 women - all Filipinos - were kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf guerrillas
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| Aug.21 |
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Two hostages beheaded| Al Qaeda-linked extremists have beheaded two men abducted from the remote southern island of Jolo | | |
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| Aug.22 |
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Army turns up heat on Abu Sayyaf| The army is responding to the execution of two people by militants with heavy shelling of their jungle camps on Jolo | |
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| Aug.26 |
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Pope cancels Philippines tour John Paul II has canceled plans for a visit in January for an unspecified reason
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| Sep.4 |
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Outrage over rape report Philippine officials: Malaysian police deporting illegal immigrants sexually abused a Filipina girl, 13, during detention
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| Sep.6 |
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Filipino man with iron bar injures 14 A 32-year-old went on the rampage in a village near Zurich, before being subdued on a bus
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| Sep.12 |
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Asian link to U.S. terror alert The information which led to the U.S. raising its terror alert came from al Qaeda's senior representative in Southeast Asia
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| Oct.2 |
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U.S. soldier killed in blast One Army Special Operations soldier was killed and another was wounded in a bomb blast near a military base
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| Oct.16 |
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Blasts kill four More than 80 injured after two bombs exploded in the southern city of Zamboanga
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| Oct.18 |
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Deadly blast rocks Manila| An explosion ripped through a bus on the northern outskirts of Manila, killing 3 people and injuring a number of others | | |
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| Oct.20 |
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Southern Philippines blast kills 1 Explosives inside a bicycle frame detonated outside a Catholic shrine, killing a Philippine marine and wounding 16 people
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| Nov.2 |
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U.S. urges caution in Philippines The State Department urged Americans in the Philippines to maintain a high level of security awareness
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| Nov.10 |
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Passenger plane ditches into Manila Bay| A plane with 29 passengers and 5 crew aboard has crashed shortly after takeoff. 16 were rescued | |
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| Dec.24 |
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Bomb killed at least 13 Attack by suspected Islamic militants rocked the house of Mayor in Datu Piang in Maguindanao province
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| Dec.26 |
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12 die in ambush Muslim rebels ambushed a Canadian company's workers in the southern Philippines
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| Dec.31 |
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Deadly explosion in southern Philippines A grenade killed at least 6 people and injured more than 30 in Mindanao island
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