http://www.youtube.com/v/lwJbTBZZwbk?version=3&f=videos&app=youtube_gdata Taken from: Talk to Al Jazeera – Murad Ebrahim: ‘Islam as a means to progress’
Philippines’ Sulu ‘army’ set for long war
http://www.youtube.com/v/zvBWdl-Nh48?version=3&f=videos&app=youtube_gdata Link: Philippines’ Sulu ‘army’ set for long war
Philippines still confident U.N. peacekeepers will be released from Syria
The Philippines still expects its 21 UN peacekeepers held hostage in the Golan Heights to be freed, despite shelling by Syrian forces that scuttled a handover, a military spokesman said. A UN convoy that entered the Syrian village of Jamla on Friday to pick up the Filipinos abducted by rebels…
Talks begin to free U.N. peacekeepers in Syria
Syrian rebels who on Wednesday seized 21 U.N. peacekeepers in the Golan Heights as hostages have told negotiators they will not harm their captives, but demand that Bashar al-Assad’s forces pull back from the region before they will let them free.The peacekeepers, who were stationed in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, were all from the Philippines. However, as the Jerusalem Post reported,”the Philippines does not expect any concrete action by Israel to help free [the peacekeepers], in order to avoid dragging Israel into Syria’s conflict, the country’s ambassador said Thursday.” However, Israel has warned that it will not “stand idle” as Syria’s civil war breaches its contested borders — Israel has already admitted to launching a number of airstrikes across the Syrian border and near Damascus over the past months.Peacekeepers of the U.N. Disengagement Force (UNDOF) mission have been monitoring a ceasefire line between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, for nearly four decades.Continue Reading… … Read More
Filipinos in San Francisco Rally Against Modern Slavery
Protesters in front of Philippines Consulate denounce treatment of Filipino workers in the US … Read More
Brazil lab aims to eradicate leprosy
http://www.youtube.com/v/_rM9Zaltv-8?version=3&f=videos&app=youtube_gdata Link: Brazil lab aims to eradicate leprosy
Filipino ‘army’ lays claim to Malaysian state
http://www.youtube.com/v/_2PgGplDC_M?version=3&f=videos&app=youtube_gdata Taken from: Filipino ‘army’ lays claim to Malaysian state
