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10 Dead, Dozens Wounded In Twin Bombing In Philippines: Military
At least 10 people were killed and dozens wounded -- many of them soldiers or police -- in a twin bombing Monday on a southern Philippine island that is a stronghold of Islamist militants, officials said.
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At Least 18 Dead After Twin Bomb Attacks At Philippine Church
At least 18 people were killed Sunday when a double bomb attack hit a Catholic church on a southern Philippine island that is a stronghold of Islamist terrorists, the military said, days after voters backed expanded Muslim self-rule in the region.
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Philippines To Add 2,500 Troops To Insurgency-Plagued Southern Island
The Philippines will send an additional 2,500 troops to a remote southern island this week as the army steps up an offensive against the ISIS-linked Abu Sayyaf, a presidential spokesman said on Tuesday.
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Gunmen Seize Italian Restaurant Owner in Philippines
Gunmen have seized an Italian restaurant owner and former priest in the southern Philippines, authorities said today, expressing fears he was taken to the island lair of the extremist Abu Sayyaf group.
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Abu Sayyaf Hostage Found Beheaded in the Philippines
A Filipino village chief held hostage by Islamic militants has been found beheaded on a highway on the remote southern island of Jolo, police officials said today.
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15 Wounded in Attack on Philippine Mosque
15 people including 10 police officers were wounded in an attack on a mosque on a remote Philippine island long plagued by militancy, officials said today.
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Philippines Steps Up Army Patrols on Island Where Germans Held
The Philippines on Thursday stepped up army patrols in the jungles of the southern island of Jolo where al Qaeda-linked Islamist militants are holding two Germans captive and are threatening to kill one of them.
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10 Dead, Dozens Wounded In Twin Bombing In Philippines: Military
At least 10 people were killed and dozens wounded -- many of them soldiers or police -- in a twin bombing Monday on a southern Philippine island that is a stronghold of Islamist militants, officials said.
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At Least 18 Dead After Twin Bomb Attacks At Philippine Church
At least 18 people were killed Sunday when a double bomb attack hit a Catholic church on a southern Philippine island that is a stronghold of Islamist terrorists, the military said, days after voters backed expanded Muslim self-rule in the region.
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Philippines To Add 2,500 Troops To Insurgency-Plagued Southern Island
The Philippines will send an additional 2,500 troops to a remote southern island this week as the army steps up an offensive against the ISIS-linked Abu Sayyaf, a presidential spokesman said on Tuesday.
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Gunmen Seize Italian Restaurant Owner in Philippines
Gunmen have seized an Italian restaurant owner and former priest in the southern Philippines, authorities said today, expressing fears he was taken to the island lair of the extremist Abu Sayyaf group.
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Abu Sayyaf Hostage Found Beheaded in the Philippines
A Filipino village chief held hostage by Islamic militants has been found beheaded on a highway on the remote southern island of Jolo, police officials said today.
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15 Wounded in Attack on Philippine Mosque
15 people including 10 police officers were wounded in an attack on a mosque on a remote Philippine island long plagued by militancy, officials said today.
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Philippines Steps Up Army Patrols on Island Where Germans Held
The Philippines on Thursday stepped up army patrols in the jungles of the southern island of Jolo where al Qaeda-linked Islamist militants are holding two Germans captive and are threatening to kill one of them.
