| President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, left, inspects prices with Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap at a public market in suburban Mandaluyong City, east of Manila on Thursday. (AP photo) |
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PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia -- Malaysia said Thursday it will keep its peacekeepers in the southern Philippines for another three months to monitor a fragile truce between Moro rebels and government forces.
The announcement comes in the wake of a recent outbreak of violence between Philippine security forces and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels that has killed at least 47 civilians and displaced more than 360,000.
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