"According to the survivor's accounts, Mary Jane brought her three-month-old infant to a foxhole when the NPA rebels attacked the Army detachment in the village of Cagpile, a remote outpost some 60 kilometers from Oras town. When she saw her husband, Private First Class Jesus Canonigo, die at the height of the assault, Mary Jane reportedly put down her son, grabbed her husband's M-16 rifle and fired at the attackers."
"According to the survivor's accounts, Mary Jane brought her three-month-old infant to a foxhole when the NPA rebels attacked the Army detachment in the village of Cagpile, a remote outpost some 60 kilometers from Oras town. When she saw her husband, Private First Class Jesus Canonigo, die at the height of the assault, Mary Jane reportedly put down her son, grabbed her husband's M-16 rifle and fired at the attackers."
India, Jharkhand: Four PWG activists sentenced to death "Four activists of the banned naxalite outfit, People's War Group, were today sentenced to death by a fast court for killing three persons in 1999. The sentence was handed down by the Additional District Judge, Deepaknath Tiwari, of the fast track court in Garwah district."
16 soldiers killed as NPA attacks E. Samar camp "The Armed Forces of the Philippines suffered its biggest loss this year when New People’s Army rebels staged a predawn attack Wednesday on a military detachment in eastern Samar, killing 16 soldiers and wounding two others."
Philippines: Manila Says Talks with Rebels May Resume July 1 "The Philippines said on Thursday it may resume peace talks with Muslim rebels by July 1 but warned their hoarding of explosives could imperil efforts to end three decades of violence that has killed at least 125,000 people.
Foreign Secretary Blas Ople said the military might match a 24-day-old cease-fire by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in support of the negotiations to be held in Malaysia, which will reprise its role as broker between Manila and the rebels.
The United States, a key ally of the Philippines that has given funding and training for counter-terrorism operations, will play "a consultative role" in the peace process, Ople said."
"Maoist rebels ambushed an army patrol in southeastern Peru on Wednesday, killing one soldier, military officials said, in a strike that heightened fears the group was stepping up its attacks.
Two soldiers were also wounded in the attack by some 40 Shining Path guerrillas in a remote zone in Huanta province, some 220 miles (370 kms) southeast of Lima, they said."
Killing fuels Nepal peace worries "A Maoist rebel has been killed in clashes with security forces in an eastern hill district of Nepal.
The fighting - in the district of Bhojpur - followed allegations that each side had been violating the ceasefire that has been in place since last January."
The attack by the New People's Army (NPA) on the 52nd Infantry Battalion near the town of Oras in Samar island, about 550 kilometers southeast of Manila, was the second major attack launched by the rebels this week, the military said."
Philippines: Rebels raid central town "About 150 communist guerrillas raided a town in the central Philippines, seizing firearms from policemen's houses and wounding the town's police chief during an attack on the police station, officials said today. Some of the officers were attending church yesterday while the guerrillas ransacked their homes and carted away two M16 rifles and other weapons in Quinapondan, about 610km south-east of Manila, regional police Chief Superintendent Dionisio Benito Coloma said in a report."
NPA: 'We abducted, freed Zambales governor' "Communist rebels claimed Friday they abducted and then released a provincial governor last month to warn him against abusing farmers and workers. Gov. Vicente Magsaysay of Zambales, however, denied he was seized by the guerrillas, saying his political rivals may have spread the story to damage his reputation. In a statement, the New People's Army's Josepino Corpuz Command said the guerrillas operating in Zambales, northwest of Manila, raided Magsaysay's under-construction vacation house on May 25 outside the provincial capital of Iba, surprising the governor and disarming his six bodyguards."
CP of Nepal: 40 000 marched in Katmandu "The National People’s Movement Committee begun the people’s movement to pressurize the conspiratorial old state for forward going solution through the democratic way of the Round Table Conference, Interim Government and Election of Constituent Assembly by its around 40 thousands people gathering protest rally and mass meeting on 20th June 2003 in Kathmandu. Addressing on the protest mass meeting, Com. Krishna Bahadur Mahara, the spokesperson of the CPN(Maoist) negotiating team said the old state and its despised clique is conspiring to disrupt the peace talks backed by foreign powers."
Thousands march in Nepal urging early peace talks "About 10,000 supporters of Nepal's Maoist rebels marched through the capital on Friday, demanding an early resumption of peace talks between the rebels and the government that aims to end a bloody revolt."
At least seven people killed in Nepal clash "Nepal's Defence Ministry has released details of a clash between troops and Maoist guerillas in the west of the country. It was the deadliest clash since the two sides entered a ceasefire in January. An official says seven Maoists and a civilian were killed. [...]
A Maoist leader says the rebels are still collecting information on the incident and can't confirm any losses"
India rebels vow to fight on "More than 6,000 people have died in nearly 25 years of violence in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The BBC meets the rebels.
"The United States is the number one terrorist and the World Bank is the enemy of the poor." This was the opening onslaught by a senior leader of the Maoist rebel organisation, the People's War Group (PWG)."
