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Philippines, Muslim rebel
group agree on peace pact

Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez throw firecrackers in celebration of his re-election in Caracas late Sunday
Chavez wins re-election,
electoral council says
Incumbent and told his supporters not to feel to the poor with free medical
defeated. care, public housing and other
re-elected for third "We have planted many seeds government largess. The country
across Venezuela and I know that has the world's largest proven oil
time in narrowest these seeds are going to produce reserves.
many trees," he told supporters in "There is corruption, there's
margin yet a speech late Sunday. plenty of bureaucracy, but the
Chavez spent heavily in the people have never had a leader
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) months before the vote, building who cared about this country,"
- President Hugo Chavez won public housing and bankrolling Silva said after voting for Chavez
re-election Sunday, defeating expanded social programs at a school in the Caracas slum
challenger Henrique Capriles providing benefits to poor of Petare. "That's why the people
and gaining six more years to families. are going to re-elect Hugo Rafael
cement his legacy and press ahead Capriles, a youthful state Chavez Frias."
with his crusade for socialism in governor, became a strong At many polling places, voters
Venezuela. challenger after winning a began lining up hours before polls
With about 90 percent of February primary and rallied opened at dawn, some snaking for
votes counted, Chavez had more an opposition that grew more blocks in the baking Caribbean
than 54 percent of the vote, and united and better organized than sun. Some shaded themselves
Capriles had 45 percent, National in the past. But in the end, it was with umbrellas. Vendors grilled
Electoral Council president no match for Chavez's electoral meat and some people drank beer.
Tibisay Lucena said. She said 81 prowess. Maria Leonis was selling CDs
percent of the nearly 19 million Just as polls closed on Sunday of Chavez's campaign theme
registered voters cast ballots, one night, hundreds of young red- music on a sidewalk next to a
of the largest turnouts in years. shirted Chavistas took to the polling center. "Today I've sold
It was Chavez's third streets on motorcycles and about 100 CDs, just Chavez's
re-election victory in nearly 14 said they were ready to begin song," Leonis said, adding that
yearsinoffice,thoughbyasmaller celebrating. she supported Chavez because "I
margin than in 2006, when he "Let them accept defeat," want to keep seeing change."
won 63 percent of the votes. Kleiver Gutierrez said of the Chavez's critics say the
Fireworks exploded in opposition. president has inflamed divisions
downtown Caracas, and Chavez's People holding posters of by labeling his opponents
supporters celebrated waving Chavez shouted to passing "fascists," "Yankees" and "neo-
flags and jumping for joy outside cars outside the Miraflores Nazis," and it's likely hard
the presidential palace. presidential palace. for many of his opponents to
Chavez won more than 7.4 One pro-Chavez voter, private stomach another six years of the
million votes, beating Capriles bodyguard Carlos Julio Silva, loquacious and conflictive leader.
by more than 1.2 million votes, said that whatever his faults, Some said before the vote
Lucena said. Chavez deserved to win for that they'd consider leaving the
Canriles congratulated Chavez spreading the nation's oil wealth country if Chavez won.

Decades-long
dispute has resulted
in thousands of
deaths
MANILA, Philippines (AP) -
The Philippine government and
the country's largest Muslim
rebel group have reached a
preliminary peace deal that is
a major breakthrough toward
endinga decades-longinsurgency
that killed tens of thousands and
held back development in the
south.
Philippine President Benigno
Aquino III said the "framework
agreement" calling for an
autonomous region for minority
Muslims in the predominantly
Roman Catholic nation was an
assurance the Moro Islamic
Liberation Front insurgents will
no longer aim to secede.
The agreement, announced
Sunday and to be signed Oct.15 in
Manila, spells out principles on
major issues, including the extent
of power, revenues and territory
of the Muslim region. If all goes
well, a final peace deal could be
reached by 2016, when Aquino's
six-year term ends, officials said.
"This framework agreement
paves the way for final and
enduring peace in Mindanao,"
Aquino said, referring to the
southern Philippine region
and homeland of the country's
Muslims. "This means that
the hands that once held rifles
will be put to use tilling land,
selling produce, manning work
stations and opening doorways of
opportunity."
He cautioned that "the work
does not end here" and that
details of the accord still need to
be worked out. Those talks are
expected to be tough but doable,
officials and rebels said.
Rebel vice chairman Ghadzali
Jaafar said the agreement
provides a huge relief to people
who have long suffered from
war and are "now hoping the day
would come when there will be
no need to bear arms."
The deal marks the most
significant progress in 15 years
of on-and-off negotiations with

the 11,000-strong Moro group on
ending an uprising that has left
more than 120,000 people dead,
displaced about 2 million others
and held back development in
the south. Western governments
have long worried that rebel
strongholds could become
breeding grounds for al-Qaida-
affiliated extremists.
"The parties agree that the
status quo is unacceptable,"
the 13-page agreement says. It
calls for the creation of a new
Muslim autonomous region
called "Bangsamoro" to replace
an existing one created in 1989
which Aquino characterized as
a "failed experiment," where
poverty and corruption have
forced many "to articulate their
grievances through the barrel of
agun."
The accord also calls for the
establishment of a 15-member
"Transition Commission" to
work out the details of the
preliminary agreement and draft
a law creating the new Muslim
autonomous region in about two
years.
Rebel forces would be
deactivated gradually "beyond
use," the agreement says, without
specifying a timetable.
The Philippine government
would continue to exercise
exclusive powers over defense
and security, foreign and
monetary policy in the new
autonomous region, where
Muslims would be assured of
an "equitable share of taxation,
revenues, and the fruits of
national patrimony ... and equal
protection of laws and access to
impartial justice," according to
Aquino.
Philippine officials said the
preliminary accord would be
posted on the government's
website for public scrutiny, and
would be signed in Manila in the
presence of Aquino, Malaysian
Prime Minister Najib Razak and
Moro rebel chief Al Haj Murad
Ibrahim.
"It's been a long journey and
this is an important milestone
in our search for lasting peace,"
presidential peace talks adviser
Teresita Deles told AP.
The United States, Britain,
Malaysia and other countries

welcomed the accord.
"This agreementis atestament
to the commitment of all sides
for a peaceful resolution to
the conflict in the southern
Philippines," U.S. Secretary of
State Hillary Rodham Clinton
said in a statement. "The next
steps will be to ensure that the
framework agreement is fully
implemented."
The new Muslim region would
be built upon an existing five-
province autonomous territory,
among the country's poorest and
most violent, with more than 4
million people.
The Moro rebels earlier
dropped a demand for a separate
Muslim state and renounced
terrorism.
Their negotiator, Mohagher
Iqbal,earliersaidhisgroupwould
not lay down its weapons until a
final peace accord is concluded.
He said the insurgents could
form a political party and run
in democratic elections to get a
chance atleading the autonomous
region for which they have been
fighting.
In Kuala Lumpur, Philippine
government negotiator Marvic
Leonen said both sides face the
enormous task of workingoutthe
details. "We are not naive to say
that there would be no obstacles.
But the Philippine government
will defend the agreement,"
Leonen said.
The challenges are many.
In 2008, the planned signing
of a similar preliminary pact
was scuttled when opponents
went to the Supreme Court,
which declared the agreement
unconstitutional. Fighting
erupted when three rebel
commanders attacked Christian
communities, and an ensuing
military offensive killed more
than 100 people and displaced
about 750,000 villagers before a
cease-fire ended the violence.
One of the hardline rebel
commanders, Ameril Umbra
Kato, broke off from the Moro
rebels last year and formed a
new group opposed to the talks.
Kato's forces launched attacks on
several army camps and outposts
in August, prompting another
army offensive that killed more
than So fighters in the 200-strong

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MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Class-
mates and friends are question-
ing why a police officer fatally
shot a University of South Ala-
bama freshman who was naked
and had been banging on a win-
dow at police headquarters.
Campus officials didn't give
any indication that Gil Collar,
18, of Wetumpka had a weapon
when he was shot. A university
spokesman said he was fatally
wounded about 1:30 a.m. Satur-
day after an officer heard a bang
on a window and went outside to
investigate.
A statement issued by uni-
versity spokesman Keith Ayers
said Collar, who wrestled at
Wetumpka High School before
enrolling at South Alabama,
assumed a "fighting stance" and
chased an officer before being
shot. The officer tried to retreat
numerous times to defuse the
situation before opening fire, the
school said.
But sophomore Tyler Ken-
drick said campus authorities
haven't provided any satisfying
answers about why Collar was
killed.
"Really, it just upsets me that
there's no other way to appre-
hend an unarmed student rath-
er than shooting him. I don't

understand that," Kendrick
said.
Student Joshua Frye said it
seemed the officer could have
used something other than a fire-
arm to stop Collar.
"What I feel is that a cop has
more than a gun," he said.
The officer was placed on paid
leave, and an autopsy will deter-
mine if drugs or alcohol were
involved.
Campus officials said the
confrontation was recorded by
security cameras. The video
and other information has been
turned over to the district attor-
ney and the Mobile County Sher-
iff's Office, which will review the
shooting.
Colgan Meanor went to high
school with Collar and then
enrolled at the same college.
"He was a great, loving guy
who always made people smile,"
she said. "He's not the kind of
guy that people knew him and
said he would do something like
this."
Collar was the second person
killed on the South Alabama
campus since last year.
A university freshman was
charged with murder in the fatal
stabbing of another teenager
who was slain in an on-campus
apartment in July 2011. The vic-
tim was a visitor to campus and
was not enrolled, authorities
said.
Ayers said South Alabama,
located near downtown Mobile,
was still "a very safe campus,"
despite Collar's death.

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