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(Left to Right second row) Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Chairman; Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak; Philippine President Benigno Aquino III and Secretary Teresita Quintos-Deles, Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process hold the documents following the signing of a final peace agreement between the Philippine government and the Muslim rebel group inside the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, the Philippines, on March 27, 2014. (EPA/Dennis M. Sabangan)
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In this photo taken on September 5, 2011, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels patrol inside Camp Darapanan in Sultan Kudarat province, on the southern island of Mindanao, the Philippines. (AFP Photo/Ted Aljibe)
Fighting erupts in Philippines as final peace deal nears
Manila, Reuters—Philippine troops have killed about 17 members of a Muslim rebel faction, officials said, underscoring volatility in the resource-rich south as the government and the main rebel group enter the final, delicate stage of a peace process. The government...Caption:
Philippine soldiers aim their rifles at enemy positions during a fire fight with Muslim rebels in Zamboanga City in southern island of Mindanao on September 12, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBE)