Peace Plan With Muslim Group

Philippine soldiers have seized a Muslim rebel base and bomb factory in the south, a spokesman said today, as a shaky peace process with the largest Muslim rebel group presents President Benigno Aquino's with his toughest political test.

The biggest Muslim rebel group in the Philippines is set to sign a landmark peace plan with the government on Monday aimed at ending a decades-long insurgency in which 150,000 people have died.

Philippine soldiers have seized a Muslim rebel base and bomb factory in the south, a spokesman said today, as a shaky peace process with the largest Muslim rebel group presents President Benigno Aquino's with his toughest political test.

The biggest Muslim rebel group in the Philippines is set to sign a landmark peace plan with the government on Monday aimed at ending a decades-long insurgency in which 150,000 people have died.