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...thick jungles. It was the most intense fighting in the south in at least 30 years and by week's end, 22 soldiers had been killed, along with 60 rebels. Southern Command Chief Lieut. General Alberto Braganza said that several dozen American troops had been sent in from their base in the southern city of Zamboanga, although he insisted the Americans wouldn't be fighting, but merely acting as intelligence trainers. A rebel attack on the capital city of Jolo was feared, but Braganza said his men would continue to fight. "There will be no let-up," he vowed. "What...
...Jolo is one of the Philippines' wildest places. Abu Sayyaf uses it as a refuge from the law; the group's traditional base is the island of Basilan to the north. The M.N.L.F. was actually born on Jolo in the late-1960s, from which it spread its call for an independent Muslim Mindanao. In the 1970s and '80s, at least 100,000 people were killed in that insurgency through much of the south. In 1996, M.N.L.F. leader Nur Misuari signed a peace deal with the government: Misuari became governor of most of the south and the group disarmed. (A splinter...
...popularity of the band is any indicator of Chester French’s cachet, the group’s recent fan group, designed on the popular collegiate social network, www.thefacebook.com paints a promising picture. At press time, the membership for the band’s fan base on the website tops eight hundred students. The buzz about the band has been so great since their last album that the group already has a follow-up album in the works. The boys hope to have the full album recorded and released within the next two months...
...popularity of the band is any indicator of Chester French’s cachet, the group’s recent fan group, designed on the popular collegiate social network, www.thefacebook.com paints a promising picture. At press time, the membership for the band’s fan base on the website tops eight hundred students. The buzz about the band has been so great since their last album that the group already has a follow-up album in the works. The boys hope to have the full album recorded and released within the next two months...
...relatively new destination for Markel, who had been limited to cooking tours of Italy. The trip adds a range of new flavors to her palette. The northern African cuisine is known for its fragrance and spice. Cumin, preserved lemons, orange-blossom water and slow-baked foods dominate. Home base is mostly at the Jnane Tamsna, a lushly appointed boutique guesthouse with organic gardens created by an American ethnobotanist and a designer who are friends of Markel's. This 17-room, six-acre estate is smack in the middle of date palms in the heart of the Palmeraie Oasis near...