Government, Rebels Sign Peace Pact
From Times Wire Reports
Muslim rebels and the Philippine government signed a peace agreement formally ending the country’s worst insurgency, which killed more than 120,000 people in 26 years. The rebels agreed in the pact to accept increased autonomy in Muslim areas in the southern Philippines, instead of their original demand for a separate Muslim state. More than 1,500 government and rebel officials and representatives of Muslim nations attended the signing ceremony at the presidential palace in Manila.
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