MANILA, August 4, 2008 (AFP) - The Philippine Supreme Court on Monday stopped the government from signing a land deal with Muslim separatist rebels, in yet another setback to efforts to end more than 30 years of deadly insurgency.

ZAMBOANGA, August 4, 2008 (AFP) - Thousands of people protested in the southern Philippines on Monday against a land deal that could pave the way to peace between the government and Muslim separatist guerrillas.

KUALA LUMPUR, August 3, 2008 (AFP) - Muslim separatists in the southern Philippines will sign a pact with Manila on Tuesday giving them control of large swathes of land, the Malaysian prime minister's department said.

MANILA, August 3, 2008 (AFP) - Muslim separatist rebels in the southern Philippines said Sunday they are ready to sign a deal with the government giving them control of large swathes of land.

DAVAO, July 27, 2008 (AFP) - Muslim separatists attacked a southern Philippines village, burning 10 houses, wounding three soldiers and causing dozens of people to flee, the military said Sunday.

ZAMBOANGA, July 26, 2008 (AFP) - Peace talks between the Philippine government and Muslim separatist rebels collapsed after Manila tried to go back on an earlier agreement, rebel spokesmen said Saturday.

ALEOSAN, July 23, 2008 (AFP) - Muslim separatists killed a woman farmer and the military disarmed a motorcycle bomb as President Gloria Arroyo toured the troubled southern Philippines, officials said Wednesday.

MANILA, July 16, 2008 (AFP) - Philippine government and Muslim separatist negotiators made a breakthrough in stalled peace talks, paving the way for formal negotiations to resume soon, officials said Wednesday.

MANILA, July 16, 2008 (AFP) - A Philippines negotiator on Wednesday began two days of talks in Malaysia with Muslim separatist rebels hoping to restart stalled peace negotiations, senior aides to President Gloria Arroyo said.

OTTAWA, July 5, 2008 (AFP) - Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Saturday opened 'Baitun nur' (House of Light, in Urdu), the country's largest Muslim mosque built in western Calgary by the Ahmadiyya Muslim community of Pakistan.

The 4,500-square-meter (48,500-square-foot), 15-million dollar structure shows 'the true and benevolent face of Islam,' Harper said at the inauguration.