Getty Images- T’nalak Festival celebrated in the Philippines

KORONADAL, PHILIPPINES – JULY 18: Filipino natives wait for their turn to perform at the 2009 T�nalak Festival, showcasing South Cotabato Province tribal cultures on July 18, 2009 in the southern city of Koronadal, Philippines. T�nalak is an indigenous term for colorful cloth woven by women of the T�boli tribe that has brought recognition to [...]

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Getty Images: MILF Separatists Continue Their Fight For An Independent Islamic StateImages

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Top Mindanao Army officer says more JI men enter Sulu

 
Inquirer
Last updated 02:17am (Mla time) 10/12/2007
 
ZAMBOANGA CITY—The military yesterday said there are more Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) operatives, who have sought refuge in Sulu and nearby areas, than was previously thought.
Maj. Gen. Nelson Allaga, Western Mindanao Command chief, said these JI members are operating alongside the Abu Sayyaf.
“During the Tawi-tawi incident on Jan. 6, our forces [...]

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Whodunit: ‘Terror group’ claims blast

 
By Arlyn dela Cruz, Nikko Dizon, Norman Bordadora
Inquirer
Last updated 01:38am (Mla time) 10/21/2007
 

MANILA, Philippines — The military yesterday said the bomb attack on the country’s premier financial district was a “terrorist act” regardless of who carried it out.

The military statement followed claims from someone supposedly representing the Rajah Solaiman Revolutionary Movement (RSRM) that the bombing [...]

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25 charged in Kidapawan bombings

 
By Edwin Fernandez, Jeoffrey Maitem, Charlie Sease
Mindanao Bureau
Last updated 05:29pm (Mla time) 10/20/2007
 
KIDAPAWAN CITY, North Cotabato — Authorities on Friday filed charges against 25 suspects in the October 5 twin bomb attacks here that left two people dead and over 30 others wounded.
Among those charged were Mohammad Nur Hassan and Macmod Manibpel, both identified with [...]

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Muslim body denounces Glorietta bombing

By Jeoffrey Maitem
Mindanao Bureau
Last updated 02:13pm (Mla time) 10/20/2007
 
COTABATO CITY, Philippines–The Darul Ifta (House of Opinion) in Mindanao, a collegial body of Islamic scholars and religious leaders, has condemned the perpetrators of Friday afternoon’s Glorietta bombing.
“The Muslim community in the Philippines condemns the bomb attack. It is the work of insane people,” Esmael Ebrahim, liaison [...]

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Central Mindanao police placed on alert

 
By Jeoffrey Maitem
Mindanao Bureau
Last updated 05:33pm (Mla time) 10/20/2007
 
KIDAPAWAN CITY, North Cotabato — Police and military units in Central Mindanao were placed on the highest state of alert because of terrorist threats, a police official said Saturday.
Chief Inspector Leo Ajero, city police director, said intelligence reports indicated that the Jemaah Islamiyah and its allies were [...]

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Bishops, Islamic leaders condemn Makati attack

 
Inquirer
Last updated 01:38am (Mla time) 10/21/2007
 
MANILA, Philippines — The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines yesterday condemned the bomb attack in Glorietta 2 and asked the faithful to join the group in prayer for the problems besetting the country.
The Darul Ifta (House of Opinion) in Mindanao, a collegial body of Islamic scholars and religious leaders, [...]

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One more Kidapawan blast victim dies

 
By Orlando Dinoy, Jeoffrey Maitem, Edwin Fernandez
Mindanao Bureau
Last updated 05:38pm (Mla time) 10/06/2007
 
KIDAPAWAN CITY–The death toll in Friday’s twin explosions here rose to two with the death of one of the more than 30 wounded victims.
Heidi Lozada, 12, died before midnight Friday, a few hours after the 7 p.m. explosion near the Sugni Supermarket on [...]

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Girl killed, 32 hurt in Kidapawan twin blasts

 
By Edwin Fernandez, Orlando Dinoy, Jeoffrey Maitem, Joel Guinto
INQUIRER.net, Mindanao Bureau, Agence France-Presse
Last updated 10:35pm (Mla time) 10/05/2007
 
KIDAPAWAN CITY, Philippines — An eight-year old girl was killed while 32 people injured Friday in two bomb blasts in the southern city of Kidapawan early Friday evening, security officials in the region said.
Chief Inspector Leo Ajero, Kidapawan [...]

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