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Philippines Peace Advocates Decry ‘Humanitarian Quagmire’ in Sulu

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?From war zone, to economic zone? is the official slogan of the Province
of Sulu.

But it is ?back to war zone again?– that is how civil society describes
the situation in Sulu today. In this tiny, but perennially embattled
island, what is abnormal has become normal. Community life is permeated
with insecurity, suspicions and violence. And with over fifty thousand
evacuees now rendered homeless because of the renewed fighting between the
military and the Moro National Liberation Front, Sulu is embroiled in a
humanitarian quagmire.
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Failed MNLF Peace Pact Haunts Talks with MILF

The peace agreement might be up for review in a meeting organized by the Organization of Islamic Conference in July.

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Foreign Donors Dangle Fresh Carrots to Persuade MILF to Sign Peace Pact

By Germelina Lacorte
davaotoday.com

DAVAO CITY — World Bank-led development projects are already being carried out in conflict-affected areas in Mindanao even as the government?s stalled peace negotiations with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Malaysia have yet to resume.

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NDF Files Complaints Vs Philippines President Before UN

UTRECHT — ? The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) on Friday filed formal complaints before a special body of the United Nations for the enforced disappearance of two NDFP personnel and charged President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and nine of her senior security officials as responsible for the disappearances.
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