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Davao: A Philippines Region With Terror History Visited By Bondi Accused
The southern Philippines once drew small numbers of foreign terrorists aligned with al-Qaida or the Islamic State group to train in a secessionist conflict involving minority Muslims in the largely Catholic nation.
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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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Terrorists Enter Primary School In Philippine, Take Hostages: Army
Terrorists occupied a primary school and took hostages in a southern Philippine village on Wednesday, a few hours drive from a city where other jihadists were fighting a month-long war, authorities said.
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Philippine Troops Raise Flag For Independence Day As Bombs Fall On ISIS-Held City
Marking Philippine's 119th Independence Day, Philippine soldiers raised the national flag today in a tearful ceremony, while struggling to force out ISIS terrorists from Marawi.
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Philippines Says ISIS Fighters On Back Foot In Besieged City Of Marawi
The ISIS terrorists holed up in the southern Philippines town of Marawi have been reduced to a "small resistance" after troops crippled their logistics and some fighters have fled from the battle, military officials said on Thursday.
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Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte Says ISIS Not Behind Casino Attack
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Saturday that ISIS terrorists were not behind the attack on a casino in the capital that killed at least 36 people, supporting a police assessment that it was merely a botched robbery.
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2,000 Trapped As Fighting Rages In Philippine City: Government
Two thousand fearful civilians were trapped on Sunday inside a southern Philippine city where troops are battling Islamist terrorists, authorities said, as the death toll from almost a week of fighting neared 100.
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Bomb Defused Near US Embassy In Philippines: Police
Philippine police defused a bomb found in a rubbish bin near the US embassy in Manila Monday, authorities said, with officials blaming Islamic terrorists for what they called an attempted terrorist act.
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Abu Sayyaf Islamists Behind Philippine Bombing: Mayor
The Abu Sayyaf Islamic terrorist group carried out a bomb attack in Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's home town that killed at least 14 people, the city's mayor said Saturday.
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Philippines Prison Break: ISIS-Affiliated Group Storm Jail To Free 8 Comrades
Muslim extremists supporting the Islamic State group freed eight fellow terrorists in a daring attack that also allowed 15 other inmates to escape from a provincial jail in the southern Philippines, police said today.
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Barack Obama Calls French President Francois Hollande From Philippines
US President Barack Obama today called up his French counterpart Francois Hollande and discussed the developments in the investigations into last week's terrorist attacks in Paris that killed 129 people.
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Davao: A Philippines Region With Terror History Visited By Bondi Accused
The southern Philippines once drew small numbers of foreign terrorists aligned with al-Qaida or the Islamic State group to train in a secessionist conflict involving minority Muslims in the largely Catholic nation.
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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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Terrorists Enter Primary School In Philippine, Take Hostages: Army
Terrorists occupied a primary school and took hostages in a southern Philippine village on Wednesday, a few hours drive from a city where other jihadists were fighting a month-long war, authorities said.
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Philippine Troops Raise Flag For Independence Day As Bombs Fall On ISIS-Held City
Marking Philippine's 119th Independence Day, Philippine soldiers raised the national flag today in a tearful ceremony, while struggling to force out ISIS terrorists from Marawi.
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Philippines Says ISIS Fighters On Back Foot In Besieged City Of Marawi
The ISIS terrorists holed up in the southern Philippines town of Marawi have been reduced to a "small resistance" after troops crippled their logistics and some fighters have fled from the battle, military officials said on Thursday.
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Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte Says ISIS Not Behind Casino Attack
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Saturday that ISIS terrorists were not behind the attack on a casino in the capital that killed at least 36 people, supporting a police assessment that it was merely a botched robbery.
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2,000 Trapped As Fighting Rages In Philippine City: Government
Two thousand fearful civilians were trapped on Sunday inside a southern Philippine city where troops are battling Islamist terrorists, authorities said, as the death toll from almost a week of fighting neared 100.
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Bomb Defused Near US Embassy In Philippines: Police
Philippine police defused a bomb found in a rubbish bin near the US embassy in Manila Monday, authorities said, with officials blaming Islamic terrorists for what they called an attempted terrorist act.
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Abu Sayyaf Islamists Behind Philippine Bombing: Mayor
The Abu Sayyaf Islamic terrorist group carried out a bomb attack in Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's home town that killed at least 14 people, the city's mayor said Saturday.
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Philippines Prison Break: ISIS-Affiliated Group Storm Jail To Free 8 Comrades
Muslim extremists supporting the Islamic State group freed eight fellow terrorists in a daring attack that also allowed 15 other inmates to escape from a provincial jail in the southern Philippines, police said today.
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Barack Obama Calls French President Francois Hollande From Philippines
US President Barack Obama today called up his French counterpart Francois Hollande and discussed the developments in the investigations into last week's terrorist attacks in Paris that killed 129 people.
