Asian youth leaders call for resumption of peace talks

The young religious leaders, representing Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Jain, Muslim, Sikh, Zoroastrian and other religions, are calling for the resumption of the peace talks between the government and the MILF, which collapsed after the failed signing of the memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain (MOA-AD) in August.

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MILF says government could not be trusted

"The peace agreement is dead as far as the government is concerned but the MILF will continue to assert it. If we can't assert it in the national level, then, we're going to assert it internationally," said the MILF's Mohagher Iqbal, vowing to elevate the MILF position to the United Nations and the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC).

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MILF calls for an independent body to look into civilian casualties

"The government will not implement what it has committed. So when it was not signed, our two commanders concluded that the government of the Philippines did not really want the peaceful process. So, they decided by themselves without the sanction of the high leaders of the MILF. That's when the problem came."

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Peace talks between the government and NDF dims, says Esperon

Presidential Peace Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr, said the government still insists on a ceasefire before the holding of the peace talks so that the rebels can prove that they are not terrorists, after all.

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Government to present a revised draft on ancestral domain

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said the National Security Council has come up with a revised draft of the government's position on ancestral domain to resume peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).

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