Philippines: U.S. to keep CPP-NPA on terror list "Communist rebels must end their attacks and sign a peace agreement with the Philippine government before the United States removes them from its blacklist of foreign terrorists, U.S. Embassy Charge d' Affaires Joseph Mussomeli said Monday."
U.S. and Philippine War Games Focus on Gas Project "Philippine and U.S. military planners are using a mock attack by Muslim militants on the vital Malampaya gas fields to test their skills during two weeks of war games that started on Monday. Official documents seen by Reuters showed the simulation on Palawan island will focus on repulsing an attack on the $4.5 billion project, the single largest foreign investment in the Philippines."
India: Ready for talks with People's War Group "Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, who survived an assassination attempt by naxalites of People's War Group (PWG) in October, says he is prepared to talk to them in the event of his party coming back to power provided they are 'sincere', but ruled out talks for talks sake. "
This was the reaction of the Communist Party of the Philippines to the statement by Defense Secretary Eduardo Ermita, the AFP leadership and Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Deles opposing the removal of the CPP-NPA from the list of "foreign terrorist organizations." "
Philippines: Military opposes helping rebels ditch US terror tag'
"Defense and Armed Forces officials said Thursday they opposed helping communist guerillas convince the United States to drop the rebels from its blacklist of foreign terrorist groups, which the negotiating panel of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has committed to its communist counterpart."
India: Naxalites call for Bihar bandh "The People’s War and the Maoist Communist Centre have called a statewide bandh on February 27 in protest against the alleged systematic repression unleashed on their cadre and supporters by the Union government."
