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                    [ArticleID] => 909381
                    [Title] => Gov't, MILF enforce pact on reduction of explosive devices
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The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the largest Muslim rebel group in the Philippines, and the government have started recently the implementation of their agreement to reduce landmines and other explosive remnants of war in Mindanao, the rebel group said today.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-15 21:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 909020 [Title] => ‘De-mining’ of MILF-gov’t war zones launched [Summary] =>

Areas that were the scene of the heaviest fighting between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will be turned into rice fields with the launching and implementation of a “demining” project.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img692/8209/milfthumbs.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 883361 [Title] => ‘Ferrer logical choice as peace panel head’ [Summary] =>

The Philippine Campaign to Ban Landmines (PCBL) welcomed the appointment of University of the Philippines professor Mirriam Coronel-Ferrer as the new chairman of the government panel negotiating with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), saying she was the “logical choice.”

[DatePublished] => 2012-12-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804871 [AuthorName] => John Unson [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 882979 [Title] => UP prof heads peace panel [Summary] =>

President Aquino has appointed University of the Philippines professor Miriam Coronel-Ferrer as the new chairman and chief negotiator of the government peace panel with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).

[DatePublished] => 2012-12-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img521/5120/gen6thumb.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 576049 [Title] => Government, MILF agree to destroy landmines [Summary] =>

Government peace panel secretariat director Ryan Mark Sullivan said yesterday that the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front have recently forged an agreement to jointly dispose and destroy landmines and other unexploded ordnance to push the peace process forward.

[DatePublished] => 2010-05-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097133 [AuthorName] => Jose Rodel Clapano [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 477235 [Title] => 2 killed in landmine blast in India-controlled Kashmir [Summary] =>

SRINAGAR, India-controlled Kashmir, (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed and two others injured when a landmine exploded near the line-of-control in the India-controlled part of Kashmir yesterday, police said.

[DatePublished] => 2009-06-14 01:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 425726 [Title] => GLOBAL NEWS: Bosnia lacks cash to purge killer mines [Summary] =>

SARAJEVO (AP) – Muriz Jukic keeps reliving the day last winter when his tractor hit a land mine, unleashing shrapnel that tore one of his eyes from its socket and left him stumbling and screaming.

[DatePublished] => 2008-12-22 04:07:51 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 284167 [Title] => Soliman, Yorac, Ang-See nominated for Nobel Peace Prize [Summary] => Social Welfare Secretary Corazon "Dinky" Soliman, graft buster Haydee Yorac and anti-crime crusader Teresita Ang-See were among 27 Filipino women nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005.

The Philippines joined yesterday the ceremonies that took place simultaneously in some 150 countries to announce the women nominees, all of whom are engaged in the cause of peace and human dignity.

The country’s nominees for the prestigious award were presented and lauded at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) in Manila.
[DatePublished] => 2005-06-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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