Manila (AFP) - Voters have decisively approved a new Muslim-led region in the Philippines' south, which is hoped will bring a measure of peace after decades of fighting killed thousands and mired the area in poverty.
The results, announced Friday, will begin the process of the Catholic-majority nation's largest rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, laying down its weapons and assuming political power.
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