Government Signs Pact With Muslim Rebels
The Philippine government said today that it had signed a peace pact with separatist Muslim rebels after talks in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s capital, despite violations of an earlier cease-fire.
Representatives of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the Philippine government have been holding talks since Monday to reinforce a truce they signed in August.
The rebels had fought for more than 30 years for a separate Islamic state on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao before settling for lesser gains in talks brokered first by Libya and later Malaysia.
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