Estrada meets with guerrilla leaders<\/p>\n
BAGUIO, Philippines (AP): President Joseph Estrada met leaders
\nof a breakaway Communist guerrilla group on Sunday as part of
\ngovernment efforts to start peace talks with local guerrillas.<\/p>\n
The leaders of the Revolutionary Proletarian Army-Alex
\nBoncayao Brigade (RPA-ABB) expressed willingness to hold peace
\ntalks with the Manila government during the meeting in the
\nnorthern mountain resort city of Baguio, an official said.<\/p>\n
Estrada welcomed the rebels' offer, said Philippine National
\nPolice chief Panfilo Lacson, who was among those who arranged the
\nmeeting at the presidential mansion in Baguio, about 210
\nkilometers north of Manila.<\/p>\n
The RPA-ABB broke off from the main Communist Party of the
\nPhilippines in the early 1990s over differences in ideology and
\nways to wage an armed struggle. It suffered recent setbacks due
\nto a series of arrests of its top guerrillas, including Nilo de
\nla Cruz and Arturo Tabara.<\/p>\n
De la Cruz and Tabara, who have since been released by the
\nmilitary, were among four rebel leaders who met with Estrada.<\/p>",
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