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                    [Title] => Robust US-Philippine ties to remain under Obama
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MANILA (AP) - Washington's robust anti-terror alliance with the Philippines, including the presence of US troops in the southern Mindanao region, will almost certainly remain under Barack Obama's incoming administration, the Philippine defense chief said today.

[DatePublished] => 2009-01-07 23:29:40 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 390091 [Title] => No election-related violence so far, says Abalos [Summary] => There has been no recorded election-related incident of violence since the start of the campaign period on Feb.13 for senatorial and party-list elections, Commission on Elections chairman Benjamin Abalos said yesterday.

Abalos, who was in Zamboanga City for a conference with the police and the military, said that with a peaceful pre-election situation, he was wondering what made the Canadian Embassy issue an advisory warning its citizens against joining political rallies in the Philippines.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 378516 [Title] => 2 hurt as blasts rock Cotabato [Summary] => COTABATO CITY — Two people were critically wounded when powerful improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were set off yesterday morning near a fast-food chain in this city, police said.

Two bombs, fashioned from 60-millimeter mortars, were planted at a concrete fence at the rear of a branch of the Jollibee hamburger chain along Macacua Street at 11:25 a.m., as the lunch crowd was building up, Senior Inspector Samson Obatay said. A third, undetonated bomb was found by the city bomb squad.
[DatePublished] => 2007-01-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804871 [AuthorName] => John Unson [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 377115 [Title] => US counterterrorism aid to continue despite Balikatan cancellation [Summary] => The US military will continue to assist and advise the Armed Forces of the Philippines on counter-terrorism despite the cancellation of the annual Balikatan joint military exercises scheduled for February next year.

Maj. John Redfield, spokesman for the US Joint Special Operations Task Force-Philippines (JSOTF-P), said the principal mission of the US forces in the country is to assist their Filipino counterparts in the fight against terrorism and that the Balikatan is just an added security program.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 352203 [Title] => RP now under medium terror alert [Summary] => Security officials have raised the country’s alert level from "normal" to "medium" after British security forces foiled an alleged terrorist plot to simultaneously blow up several US-bound airliners in mid-flight.

President Arroyo has ordered anti-terrorism security officials and law enforcement agencies and the military to map out measures to prevent possible terror attacks.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805318 [AuthorName] => Jaime Laude [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 306974 [Title] => ABS-CBN clears Babao of terror-coddling charges [Summary] => ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp. has cleared broadcaster Julius Babao of allegations by the government that he posted bail for an accused terrorist of the so-called Rajah Solaiman Movement (RSM).

In an official statement, ABS-CBN said that the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP) "committed factual errors" when it accused Babao of being a coddler of Dawud Santos.

"ABS-CBN finds Julius Babao did not violate any ethical boundaries as a journalist in pursuing his exclusive stories," read the statement.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 251325 [Title] => Abu, JI linking up for urban terror? [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Military officials are checking police intelligence reports that the Abu Sayyaf and Indonesia-based Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) have linked up to form a new urban terror squad.

Intelligence reports said the Urban Death Squad Sabillah (UDSS) was set up in this city last March by Abu Sayyaf chieftain Khaddafi Janjalani, Jainal antel Sali alias Abu Solaiman, Isnilon Hapilon and two unidentified Jemaah Islamiyah members.

The new terrorist squad was to wreak havoc after the May 10 elections, the report said.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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