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• Philippines kills three top Islamic militants
  Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:16:36 -0800
  The Philippines said it killed three of Southeast Asia's top Islamic militants in a US-backed airstrike on Thursday, including a Malaysian bombmaker with a $5-million bounty on his head.
  
  
• Gunmen abduct Dutch, Swiss in southern Philippines
  Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:23:28 -0800
  Gunmen in the restive southern Philippines abducted Swiss and Dutch tourists and a Filipino bird photographer Wednesday and took the trio away by boat, authorities said.
  
  
• Philippines: No ransom demand yet for 2 Europeans
  Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:35:24 -0800
  Police said Friday that local thugs, not al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf militants, were likely to have abducted two European tourists this week in the southern Philippines.
  
  
• Philippines: 3 Southeast Asia terror leaders killed in US-backed airstrike on island camp
  Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:54:22 -0800
  MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine military said it killed three of Southeast Asia's most-wanted terrorist leaders in a U.S.-backed airstrike that significantly weakens an al-Qaida-linked network that had used islands in the southern Philippines as a hideout and training base.
  
  
• Philippines: 3 most-wanted terror leaders killed
  Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:53:57 -0800
  The Philippine military said it killed three of Southeast Asia's most-wanted terrorist leaders in a U.S.-backed airstrike that significantly weakens an al-Qaida-linked network that had used islands in the southern Philippines as a hideout and training base.
  
  
• Philippines: Most-wanted terror leaders killed
  Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:05:07 -0800
  The Philippine military said it killed Southeast Asia's most-wanted terrorist and two other senior militants Thursday in a U.S.-backed airstrike marking one of the region's biggest anti-terrorism successes in recent years.
  
  
• Two Europeans kidnapped in Philippines: military
  Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:07:53 -0800
  Two European birdwatchers were abducted Wednesday in the remote southern Philippines where Islamic militants frequently kidnap foreigners to extort ransoms, authorities said.
  
  
• Philippines: Region's most-wanted terrorist killed
  Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:57:40 -0800
  MANILA, Philippines ? The Philippine military said it killed Southeast Asia's most-wanted terrorist and two other senior militants Thursday in a U.S.-backed air strike that would mark one of the region's biggest anti-terror successes in recent years.
  
  
• Philippines: Most-wanted terror leader killed
  Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:32:36 -0800
  The Philippine military said it killed Southeast Asia's most-wanted terrorist and two other senior militants Thursday in a U.S.-backed airstrike marking one of the region's biggest anti-terror successes in recent years.
  
  
• Philippines seeks militant's body
  Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:39:58 -0800
  Troops in the Philippines are still searching for the body of top militant Marwan who was reported killed on Thursday, a military spokesman says.
  
  



• Philippines, Lebanon Take Concrete Steps
  Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:33:38 -0800
  MANILA, Philippines ? The Philippines and Lebanon have taken concrete and positive steps that demonstrate their mutual accord and commitment to the promotion of decent work for household service workers (HSWs) in accordance with international standards with the recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Labor Cooperation and a Protocol on Regulating the Recruitment and Employment ...
  
  
• Airstrike kills three of Philippines' most-wanted militant leaders
  Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:34:40 -0800
  MANILA, philippines ?The Philippine military said it killed three of Southeast Asia's most-wanted terrorist leaders in a U.
  
  
• Philippines hunts for proof of slain militants
  Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:45:50 -0800
  The Philippine military said Friday it had not been able to obtain proof that it killed three of Southeast Asia's most-wanted terror suspects, but insisted the trio had died in a US-backed airstrike.
  
  
• Philippines: No ransom demand yet for Europeans
  Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:42:07 -0800
  Police say local thugs are likely to have abducted two European tourists in the southern Philippines, not al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf militants.
  
  
• Philippines: Extremist was planning attacks when killed
  Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:45:19 -0800
  A key Abu Sayyaf commander killed in a U.S.-backed airstrike in the southern Philippines was planning terror attacks, including new kidnappings of foreigners and bombings, when he was slain, security officials said Sunday.
  
  
• Philippines Earthquake 2012: 5.6 Quake Shakes Eastern Coast, No Tsunami Warning Issued
  Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:01:36 -0800
  The Philippines was shaken by a 5.6 magnitude earthquake early in 2012, as a quake struck off the island of Samar on Saturday.
  
  
• Philippines emerging major player in medical tourism industry?study
  Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:25:46 -0800
  The Philippines may have found its next sunrise industry in the medical tourism field.
  
  
• Philippines: Top terrorist wanted by US is killed
  Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:20:31 -0800
  The Philippine military said it killed three most-wanted leaders of the al-Qaida-linked terrorist groups Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah at dawn Thursday.
  
  
• Research and Markets: Construction Material Products in the Philippines to 2016: Market Databook
  Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:11:00 -0800
  Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Construction Material Products in the Philippines to
  
  
• Philippines Trying to Confirm Death of Southeast Asia's Most-Wanted Terrorist
  Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:40:39 -0800
  There are reports from the Philippines that government forces killed Zulkifli bin Hir, a man with links to Al Qaeda, for whom the United States posted a $5 million bounty. Top Filipino military officials are claiming they killed bin Hir and other militants in a predawn raid in the town of Parang on Thursday morning--a killing that could land someone(s) the $5 million reward posted by the U.S ...