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The Save the Children Fund was founded in London, England, on 15 April 1919 by Eglantyne Jebb and her sister Dorothy Buxton in an effort to alleviate starvation of children in Germany and Austria-Hungary during the Allied blockade of Germany of World War I which continued after the Armistice.
The Manili massacre refers to the mass murder of 70 Moro Muslims, including women and children, committed in a mosque in Manili, Carmen, North Cotabato, Philippines on June 19, 1971.
The Mamasapano clash was a shootout that took place during a police operation by the Special Action Force (SAF) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) on January 25, 2015, in Tukanalipao, Mamasapano, then-undivided Maguindanao (which is now Maguindanao del Sur).
Maradeka is a pro-democracy Islamic political organization which espouses non-violent political action, [1] and is based in the Philippines.The organization has been active against a backdrop of over 40 years of armed Muslim insurgency, mounted by the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) [2] and Moro Islamic Liberation Front [3] [4] (MILF) in their quest for self-rule.
The Maute Group was a strong manifestation of the rise of family terrorism in the Philippines. [21] On November 16, When the APEC Summit was to be held in Manila, a video of men in masks with ISIL black flag behind them is posted on Facebook, claiming "ISIL in Mindanao" will attack the summit. [22]
Three bombs exploded in cities across Mindanao ahead of the ASEAN summit in Manila. [71] The first explosion destroyed a stand selling lottery tickets across the street from a market in General Santos. Three people died instantly and another three succumbed to their injuries in hospital, including two children. Another 22 civilians were wounded ...
1968 Escape to Mindanao (Universal TV) 1969 Surabaya Conspiracy; 1969 Impasse (Aubrey Schenck Productions) 1970 Nam's Angels aka The Losers [1] (Fanfare Films Inc.) 1971 Blood Thirst (Shot 1965, not released in U.S. until 1971) 1971 Beast of the Yellow Night (Cinema Projects International) 1972 Night of the Cobra Woman (New World Pictures)
However, it remains a partner to the peace process, with the Philippines unwilling to brand MILF as a "terrorist" group. [104] Today, the Moro people had become marginalises and a minority in Mindanao, they are also disadvantaged than majority Christians in terms of employment and housing; they are also discriminated. [105]