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PATIENCE FOR PEACE IS WEARING THIN AMONG FRUSTRATED, AGING MORO REBELS


Tuesday, 04 October 2011 00:20
by Karl Malakunas, Agence France-Prese
moroAgeing Muslim rebel leaders in the southern Philippines are voicing growing frustration that efforts to end one of Asia's longest and deadliest insurgencies have hit a diplomatic brick wall.

Moro Islamic Liberation Front chairman Murad Ebrahim expressed hope after an historic meeting with Philippine President Benigno Aquino in August that peace talks were on a "fast-track" and a final deal was within sight.
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