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Senior Abu Sayyaf member nabbed
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| Feb.13 |
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Manila expels Iraq envoy over terror link
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| Feb.20 |
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U.S. troops may fight in Philippines Some 350 special operations troops will take part in a mission to 'disrupt and defeat' the Abu Sayyaf rebels
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| Feb.28 |
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U.S. revises Philippines combat role The Pentagon has not yet made a final decision on allowing troops to join a combat offensive against Muslim rebels
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| Mar.4 |
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Airport bomb kills 21 A powerful bomb exploded at an airport in the second largest city destroying the waiting area at the Davao City airport
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Airport bomb suspects held 5 suspected Muslim rebels were being questioned by police. Moro Islamic Liberation Front could be behind the blasts
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| Mar.9 |
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Gunmen seize passenger bus Islamic rebels were killing an off-duty military officer on board before soldiers and police freed the hostages
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| Apr.2 |
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Wharf bomb kills 16| The military suspects a terror attack staged by Moro Islamic Liberation Front, a Muslim separatist group | |
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| Apr.3 |
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Mosques hit by grenades, machine guns 5 armed men in a vehicle throw the grenades and spray the mosques with a gunfire. No one was hurt
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| May.10 |
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Nine dead in bomb An explosion in a public market in the city of Koronadal killed 9 people and wounded 42 others
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| May.25 |
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Ferry collision kills 25 A small passenger ship carrying 228 people sank after it collided with a larger steel-hulled ferry
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| Jul.14 |
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Terror suspects escape from jail| 3 Islamic militants, including an Indonesian man with links to the regional Jemaah Islamiyah escaped from Manila jail | |
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| Jul.15 |
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Terror trio escape an 'inside job' Police have hinted that 3 Islamic militants likely walked free with the assistance of the facility's guards
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| Jul.26 |
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Arroyo admits small army 'mutiny' The government confirmed that 'a small band of rogue officers' walked off their posts
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Armed men seize center of Manila| 30 members of the military have seized the financial center of the capital and set up booby traps | | |
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Arroyo sets deadline for mutineers President is giving armed men until 5 p.m. to leave the Glorietta Shopping Center
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| Jul.27 |
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Rebel troops end mutiny Renegade troops (296 soldiers, including 70 officers) have agreed to return to barracks
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Ex-Estrada aide held over mutiny Police have arrested Ramon Cardenas over allegations he was involved in a weekend mutiny by nearly 300 soldiers
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| Aug.4 |
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Key rebel leader dead The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has announced that group's founding chairman Salamat Hashim has died
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| Nov.7 |
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2 killed after seizing air control tower| Armed forces killed 2 armed men, including the former head of the Air Transport Office, who had seized the tower | |
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| Dec.13 |
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Foreign Secretary Ople dies Blas Ople died after having trouble breathing aboard a flight to Dubai
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| Dec.19 |
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Landslides kill 70 70 people were killed when they were buried alive in 2 landslides triggered by 6 days of heavy rains
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| Dec.21 |
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Mudslides toll now 83 Rescuers have been battling rain and mud in search of survivors after floods devastated eastern Philippine villages
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| Dec.22 |
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Landslides toll tops 160 President Arroyo will travel to the southern Leyte province, hit hard by deadly landslides caused by days of flooding
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| Dec.23 |
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Landslides toll tops 200| At least 209 people have died after the heaviest rainfall in 25 years hit the nation | | |
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