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After three years of steady progress in the peace talks between the government of the Philippines and two separate rebel groups, negotiations are now in jeopardy.
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There seems to be no stop to media killings in the Philippines as another Filipino broadcaster was murdered in broad daylight on 22 April.
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Deep-rooted racism, religious tensions, and intermittent civil war are major challenges to the process of reform Burma has carried out over the last year.
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A bloody religious clash last month in the central-Burma town of Meikhtila left some 40 people dead and displaced roughly 9,000, leaving Muslim communities living in fear.
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The celebrated Maguindanao massacre trial resumes with a 58th victim added to the death toll and 78 suspects pleading not guilty. Thirty-three journalists died in the coldblooded attack.
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Defying a call by the Philippine Catholic hierarchy to refrain from self flagellation and bloody crucifixion, at least 16 devotees were nailed to crosses on Good Friday.
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Filipinos are disgusted with bestselling author Dan Brown's new novel Inferno, which refers to Manila as the "gates of hell," full of poverty, crime and sex.
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An ethnic Kachin, Christian woman was gang-raped by the Burmese army at a church in Kachin State, northern Burma, where the insurgent war is still active.
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The celebrated spiritual leader of over 5 million Tibetan Buddhists supports religious freedom but sees proselytizing as a source of social conflict.
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A number of journalists who cover Burma were warned by Google that they have been targeted by unknown hackers.
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