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August 19, 1996
Web posted at: 1:00 p.m. EDT (1700 GMT)Philippines' president, rebel leader say war is over
MALABANG, Philippines (CNN) -- Philippine President Fidel Ramos and Muslim rebel leader Nur Misuari announced Monday a final settlement of the 26-year Muslim secessionist rebellion that has killed 150,000 people. Misuari said a final peace agreement would be signed September 2 in Manila.
In June, Misuari and government negotiators agreed to a preliminary peace pact to end the fighting. Under the agreement, rebels will control a new council that will oversee economic development projects in 14 southern provinces for three years. The rebels consider these provinces their traditional Muslim homeland, but generations of Christian settlers have come to dominate the region.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
- Ramos jeered over Muslim peace deal - July 2, 1996
Pro-government side wins round 1 of Lebanese elections
BEIRUT (CNN) -- Government supporters won the first round of Lebanon's parliamentary elections, winning 32 out of 35 seats in the Christian heartland, the government announced Monday. The opposition, which charged election fraud, had hoped for a strong showing against the pro-Syrian government it accuses of failing to defend Lebanon's sovereignty.
Sunday's voting in the Christian dominated Mount Lebanon region was the first of five regional ballots. A total of 128 seats are at stake in the half-Christian, half-Muslim parliament.
Many Christians ignored calls by hard-line anti-government leaders to repeat a massive boycott of the last elections in 1992, which resulted in a parliament packed with pro-government deputies.
The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
- Fraud charges, fights overshadow Lebanese election - August 18, 1996
Report: Militants massacre dozens of Algerians
CAIRO, Egypt (CNN) -- Muslim militants armed with rifles, daggers and axes attacked two buses in Algeria over the weekend, killing at least 63 people, a London-based newspaper reported Monday. The Arabic daily Al-Hayat quoted witnesses as saying the militants stopped the buses by setting up false police roadblocks on a highway southeast of the capital Algiers.
On Sunday, an Algerian newspaper reported a similar attack by militants who stopped a bus Thursday and slit the throats of 17 passengers. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the slayings, which have not been confirmed by Algerian authorities.
Algeria's insurgency began in January 1992 when the army-backed government canceled legislative elections that Islamic fundamentalist candidates were poised to win.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
- Report: Muslim rebels butcher 17 young men - August 18, 1996
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